SMUGGLERS COTTAGE

A smuggler haunts this aptly named guest house, which was built in the 16th century. The ghost is that of a small man in his twenties, dressed in 18th century clothing, who emerges out of the wood panelling on the first floor corridor, and walks in a surreptitious manner towards the staircase, where he disappears. The spot where he appears through the panelling is the entrance to a tunnel which leads down to the beach. This entrance was sealed up in the 20th century for security reasons. In the 1950’s, alterations being made at the guest house exposed a secret room, in which was found a small table with a skeleton seated at it. Remnants of a black cloak were still found round the seated frame. In the corner of the room was found an antique sea chest and a rusting sword. There is no evidence to show why the man was incarcerated there, although he was probably imprisoned for some disagreement with the local smuggling fraternity