Scottish Witches

Happy New Year all :-) It has been some time since I posted. 2024 continued to be an incredibly challenging year. For someone who writes...

Back in 2022 while I was a trustee for the charity Remembering the Accused Witches of Scotland I was one of a small group who worked with...

When researching the witch trials of Stirling, one thing stood out to me, the authorities in Stirling were very lenient! At a time when...

An incident on one dark evening in 1684 is said to have left a permanent scar on the coastal village of Culross in Fife. A woman named...

I had the chance to pause briefly in the beautiful seaside village of Pittenweem today. With its historic properties lining narrow,...

Janet Horne is often said to be the last witch to be burned in Scotland, although I put the title in quotation marks as she was an...

Around a year ago I took this item into my possession to join my growing collection of items from the witch-hunt era. While superstitions...

During the 15th century, a witch trial is said to have taken place in the seaside town of St Monans in Fife that would have an impact on...

An inconspicuous stone, set back into a wall at the side of the road in the Highland town of Forres, sits as a reminder of one of the...

The village of Auldearn in the Highland region of Scotland sits around 16 miles from Inverness. While many commuters and tourists bypass...

It is never easy to know what to write in a first blog post! I hope by now you have been able to browse the website and you find the...