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Bessie Dunlop

Lynn Glen, Dalry, Ayrshire

She said a ghost from a lost battle led her to the fairies.

Bessie Dunlop told her judges that a ghost called Thom Reid, who had died at the Battle of Pinkie in 1547, appeared to her near Lynn Glen. He gave her cures and once took her to meet the fairies.

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When
1576
Where
55.7100, -4.7220
Group
Witches & witch trials

Visiting

Lynn Glen has a woodland walk and waterfall near Dalry.

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