Falkland Palace lies at the foot of the Lomond Hills in Fife.  It was originally used as a Royal Hunting Lodge in the 12th Century, having originally belonged to the MacDuff Family.  The surrounding area had plentiful amounts of deer and wild boar.  The wild boar have long gone, but deer can still be seen in the area.
In the 16th century the Palace was extended and embellished until it became the beautiful example of Renaissance architecture we can see today.

The Tapestry Gallery in the Palace is reputedly haunted by the ghost of a lady surrounded by a grey glow.  It is said that her lover was a soldier who bade her farewell then rode off to battle and never returned, and she is doomed to pace the Tapestry Gallery until he is reunited with her.

Diagonally across the road from the Palace is what used to be the Covenanter Hotel, so named, presumably, because the Covenantors who opposed the Episcopalian Church held secret meetings in the Lomond Hills behind the hotel.  Now known as Luigino's, the Covenanter Hotel was reputed to be haunted by the spirit of a young woman who would drift through the bedrooms.  Nobody knows who she was, but it has been suggested that she may be the ghost of Mary, Queen of Scots who was a regular visitor to Falkland Palace.

A few miles from Falkland, Fernie Castle stands in its own wooded grounds.  Again, the original castle which stood here belonged to the MacDuff family in the 13th century.

The tower to the west of the existing castle is said to be haunted by the ghost of a Green Lady.  She is supposed to be associated with lights turning themselves on and off and has appeared in front of startled guests and staff with a sad look upon her face.  Legend has it that her father disapproved of the man she loved, and so she ran away with him to Fernie Castle. 

Her father gathered troops and followed the pair of lovers, and when the Green Lady looked out of the west tower and saw them approach, she fell to her death.