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The Witch's Stone, Spott

Spott, East Lothian

A stone by the roadside where witches were burned.

By a lane near the village of Spott stands a stone said to mark where witches were burned. Tradition names Marion Lillie, the 'Ringwoodie Witch', put to death in the late 1690s.

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When
1690s and 1705
Where
55.9900, -2.4750
Group
Witches & witch trials

Visiting

The stone is beside the minor road south of Spott, near Dunbar.

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