THE isolated Jamaica Inn, on Bodmin Moor is setting up a very unusual visitors' book. Instead of recording the names and views of guests, it will record visits from ghosts.

The inn has a long, deep history and over the years guests have reported a number of unusual sightings and ghostly appearances, especially in certain bedrooms.

Spectral visits from James Broad, who used to be the talent of Jamaica Inn and died in 1803, and the sound of horses arriving and barrels rolling in the courtyard in the middle of the night, have all been reported. As recently as last year a guess in one particular bedroom said she awoke at 2 am with a definite feeling that someone was staring at her from the end of the bed.

'Jamaica Inn,' the famous book of the same name by Daphne Du Maurier, has added to the Mysticism and a recent television series investigating haunted visits at the inn came back with an official report of 15 ghosts and a comment that it was one of the scariest locations they had ever been to.

Now the inn has decided to investigate all this more thoroughly and guests are being invited to officially record any impressions of hauntings, supernatural visits or unusual sights or sounds.

'We are setting up an unusual visitors' book," said Kevin Moore, managing director of the Jamaica Inn.

"While we have recently completely refurbished both our formal dining room and the bedrooms, it is impossible to get away from the history of the inn and if any of our guests are being disturbed by sounds or visions, we would very much like to know.

"The visitors' book is asking for any details including approximate time, what they saw or heard, and essentially which guest room they were sleeping in."

Kevin intends the book to be available for a year, when he will then assess all reports and possibly instigate further investigations. He says if any visiting ghosts wish to sign the book themselves, that would be even better.