Yeomanry House
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Yeomanry House is currently a barracks of the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse located in Cupar, Fife. It started life as a Napoleonic Prison for captured French Soldiers and after the war with France, it was used as a prison for local criminals until it was converted in to barracks.
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[edit] Today
[edit] Cells
A walled compound with the main prison at one end it still contains many of the original cells which are used as stores for military equipment.
[edit] Museum
Today the building also contains a small regimental library and archive collection relating to both The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and The Scottish Horse which can be viewed by appointment. [1]
[edit] The Bell
During restoration of Yeomanry House in the 1950s a ship's bell was found buried in the ground beside the main building. It was cleaned up and used as the Regimental Bell of the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse from then onwards.
[edit] The Grave Yards
In the location of today's car/tank park was originally the prison cemetery.
[edit] The Tunnel
It is alleged that a tunnel exists linking the old prison with the town centre to allow condemned men to be moved to easily to the hangman's noose in the centre of town without interference.
[edit] The Ghost
There have been various sightings of ghosts at Yeomanry House, the most common of which is the ghost of a corpse which seems to move through the air.
