The Ancient Ram Inn is a Grade II*

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and a former pub located in

Wotton-under-Edge Wotton-under-Edge is a market town and civil parish in the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England. Near the southern fringe of the Cotswolds The Cotswolds ( ) is a region of central South West England, along a range of rolling hills ...

, a

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within the

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, England. This inn was said to have also been owned by the local

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when first built. The

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building was remodelled in the mid to late 16th century. It now operates as a

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, and its owners advertise it as "the most haunted building in England" with around twenty ghosts said to haunt it. Owner Caroline Humphries has said the building "kind of evolved into an event location for paranormal activity" after her father converted it into a guesthouse in 1968.

References

External links

Official websiteGuardian Top ten haunted places in the UKMediaeval Mythbusting Blog #26: The Ancient Ram Inn
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