This memorial at the entrance to Edinburgh Castle esplanade,marks the site where over 300 women were burned to death accused of witchcraft.One of these victims was accused of witchcraft for using a spell to sink the ship carrying King James VI as it arrived at North Berwick.
A very interesting database and electronic resource, The Survey of Scottish Witchcraft by Edinburgh University has over 4000 people listed between 1563 -1736. Information about who,where and why they were tried is available and their fate. http://www.shc.ed.ac.uk/Research/witchesOther useful publications are: The Scottish Witch hunt in Context (Studies in Early European History) Julian Goodare
Witchcraft in Early Modern Scotland:James VI's Demonology and the North Berwick Witches Lawrence Normand
The view from North Berwick Law over the town towards the Bass Rock and the Firth of Forth
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