VISITORS to the Skirrid Mountain Inn at Abergavenny will be forgiven for hearing things that go bump in the night.

The inn, the oldest in Wales, is well known for its haunting happenings - but the truth behind some of the famous fables could soon be revealed.

UK Living TV was yesterday filming and investigating at the inn to reveal what is really going on behind the closed doors of the inn.

Landlady Maria Appleton said: "I want to know what really has happened within these rooms and why the ghosts haunt them."

No-one can be possibly sure who actually haunts the bedrooms and stairways of the Inn but many people believed that hanging Judge Jeffreys, could not rest or that some of the 180 people he sent to the gallows have come back for revenge.

With the lights and cameras in place ready to capture the first movement or change in temperature the Most Haunted team were ready to discover the truth.

Phil Whyman, a paranormal investigator with the Most Haunted team, carried out experiments at the Inn in an attempt to scientifically prove that there was something else there.

He said: "We carry out a trigger test to see if objects are moved, test the temperatures of rooms and specific spots in the room and we use an EMF meter which gives an indication of the presence of a ghost."

Maria said that she hoped after the programme they could research the real history and inform their visitors of what really happened.

She said: "So many of the visitors at the inn are interested in the ghosts but some have never heard of them and are intrigued when they hear noises in the night." She added: "For the first few nights we stayed here I had to sleep with the light on because I didn't know what to expect but the spirits here seem to be quite friendly and welcoming."

PICTURED: Presenter Yvette Fielding and the crew of TV's Most Haunted programme outside the Skirrid Mountain Inn.