The now ruin of Buckholm Tower, built in 1582 by John Hoppringil, stands above the Gala Water.
Legend has it that , Pringle the Laird of Buckholm, was cursed by the wife of a covenanter after he murdered her husband and son then hung their bodies from ceiling hooks in the vaulted cellar.
Every June on the anniversary of his death it is said that terrifying screams have been heard in the tower and ghostly hounds seen in the hills nearby.
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