What is recorded here
This cairn commemorates an event on 17 October 1720 when Nicol Muschat, a surgeon, dragged his wife to a nearby spot and brutally murdered her. He was eventually tried and hanged for this crime. At his trial he said that he had simply tired of her.
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- Richard Webb, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Alisdair Mclean, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- kim traynor, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mary and Angus Hogg, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- JThomas, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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