What is recorded here
On this spot, August 25th 1782, Mary Bax, spinster, aged 23 years, was murdered by Martin Lash, foreigner, who was executed for the same
Mary Bax's Stone marks the site of a violent crime in 1782, where Mary Bax, a 23-year-old spinster, was murdered by Martin Lash, a foreigner who was later executed for the crime. The stone serves as a historical memorial to this event, reflecting early colonial social tensions and legal responses to crime.
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