Memorial cairn to a witch burnt in 1657 on the road from Dunning to Auchterarder in Perthshire Scotland

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The painted inscription reads: Maggie Wall burnt here 1657 as a witch. This rather spooky monument marks a black period in Scottish history. In 1597 King James VI published a book on witchcraft and launched a witch-hunt that over the following hundred years would claim the lives of over 1000 alleged witches, including 800 women.

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Size: 3800px × 5000px
Location: Dunning in Perthshire Scotland
Photo credit: © Bridget Clyde / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1657, auchterarder, burnt, cairn, dunning, memorial, monument, perthshire, pyre, road, scotland, stone, witch, witchcraft