North Berwick witch trials
Series of Scottish witch trials held between 1590 and 1593.
Scottish, Witch trial
Scottish
Explorer, Male, Scottish
William Speirs Bruce
Scottish naturalist, polar scientist and oceanographer who organised and led the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition of 1902–1904.
Female, Scottish, Witch
Euphame MacCalzean
Wealthy Scottish heiress and member of the gentry convicted of witchcraft. A key figure in the North Berwick witchcraft trials of 1590–1591.
Aberdeenshire, Haunted, Scottish, Tower house
Crathes Castle
Classic Scottish tower house in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, built in the 16th century.
School teacher convicted of witchcraft in 1590, a central figure in the North Berwick witch trials.
Male, Scottish
Thomas Lyon-Bowes, Master of Glamis (born 1821)
Child rumoured to have been born horribly deformed, and raised in a secret room in Glamis Castle, the so-called Monster of Glamis.
Scottish, Tower house
Scottish tower house
Characteristic style of Scottish castle building in the form of a tall tower, surrounded by one or more wings in L or Z-shaped floor plans in its later development.
Female, Scottish, Witch
Agnes Sampson
Scottish midwife, cunning woman and healer; central figure in the North Berwick witch trials.
Female, Scottish, Witch
Lilias Adie, witch
Elderly Torryburn woman who died after confessing to witchcraft; her face was reconstructed from photos of her skull.
Collector, Male, Scottish
Joseph Neil Paton
Damask designer and antiquarian with large collection containing witchcraft objects, including the skull of Lilias Adie. Father of the artist Joseph Noel Paton.
