The curse of this stone was proclaimed by the Archbishop of Glasgow, Gavin Dunbar, in the year 1525.

This eternal curse was aimed at the cattle thieves and raiders who crossed the border to plunder the region, and it was read out along the whole border between England and Scotland.

Those affected describe a kind of disease that spread and wiped out local pig farming, fires in wine warehouses that caused unemployment, and the disappearance of people, especially children and women.

The curse went on to list the parts of the human body, starting with the head, the face, the brain, the mouth, the nose, the tongue, the teeth, the forehead, the shoulders, the chest.

It covered several organs such as the heart and the brain, the stomach, the back, the belly, the arms, the two legs, the hands, the feet, and every part of the body.

It also cursed those who make war on, take from and rob the men of the locality and of the whole surrounding region of Gavin Dunbar.

For vengeance will fall on you in the form of plagues and pestilence for your conduct and for the bloodshed of innocents, forbidding the locals, all men and women, from having any kind of contact with them, from eating, drinking, speaking, praying, lying, or in any other act, on pain of mortal sin.

In its final lines it condemns the people who committed these crimes, with all their companions, to the underworld forever: first on the gallows, then torn apart and dragged for their crimes.

Edinburgh Castle was built in the 12th century, but it is known that people lived on top of what we now call Castle Rock thousands of years earlier.

Over the centuries, paranormal activity of all kinds has been reported, along with several apparitions of specters and ghosts that have chilled the blood of residents, tourists and workers at Edinburgh Castle. Here are some of them.

The ghost piper who wanders forever through the tunnels beneath the castle and the Royal Mile. The story begins when some caves were discovered inside the castle and people decided to investigate.

To find out where these mysterious tunnels led, they had the bright idea of sending a young piper into the depths of the city. The young piper went down into the tunnel with his bagpipes and began to play. The sound could be heard from the surface, and people followed it as he advanced step by step.

Another ghost told of at Edinburgh Castle is the Grey Lady, named Janet Douglas, Lady Glamis.

Janet Douglas was a Scottish noblewoman of the 16th century who got caught up in a family conflict and was accused of witchcraft and executed by King James V of Scotland.

When James V regained control of the country, Archibald Douglas fled Scotland and went into exile, and that is when the king decided to take reprisals against every member of the family.

First, Janet Douglas was asked to come to court, accused of communicating with her brother. But she refused. So in 1537 the family was besieged in Glamis Castle. There they were captured.

Another of the most talked-about ghosts at the castle is the Headless Young Drummer, seen when the castle was in danger of invasion.

The legend says his small headless figure was seen playing an old Scottish song on the ramparts for the first time in 1650, just when Oliver Cromwell's troops were besieging the fortress.

No one knows for certain who this little drummer might have been. He is believed to appear when the castle is in danger, warning those around him, even though the fortress has not been besieged or seen any kind of conflict since the Jacobite Rising of 1745.