Killie's Castle
Perak, Malaysia
About
Kellie's Castle is located near Batu Gajah, and is about 20 minutes' drive from Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. The unfinished, ruined mansion, was built by a Scottish planter named William Kellie Smith as the hub of social life for the area's wealthy colonial planters and administrators. The castle was never completes as tragedy happened during construction and Mr. Smith die of pneumonia at the age of 56 on a visit to Lisbon and his wife, Agnes sold the estate and the castle faded into memory. Over the years, the castle was abondoned and fill with over-grown grass, trees root, spiders web and other insects until the Department of Museum and Antiquities took steps to restore the building. Located on a ridge beside Kinta River near the town of Batu Gajah, Kellie's Castle is just beside the Batu Gajah - Jalan Gopeng. Presently, the castle is one of the attraction in the area and is an object for many photographers, such as wedding photograph, scenery and building structure. As you walk across the bridge to the castle, you ask yourself a question. Is the castle haunted. While moving from one room to another, there is a eerie feeling of being watched. When sunlight streams through the arches of the main floors it cast a spirits shadows on the verandah. There are even two (2) corridors, believe can see the spirit of Mr. Smith. If you entered the Wine Chiller Room, the spiralling stair case down lead to a tunnel, and where was it supposed to lead to or what is the purposed of it However the tunnel was seal by authorities for safety reason. There are also many passage in the castle, leading to other rooms or exit the castle. Could this built for emergency. It also said that one of the dark dungeon has Mr. Smith's Car inside it. There are so many mysteries in this mansion that nobody knows the answer, perhaps, is true that "the spirit of Old Man Kellie still wanders along the corridors..."
