Be forewarned. The puzzle turns to a dark time in Scotland, the
15th-18th century. In periods of political, social and religious
upheaval, Scotland, much like Germany, France, Switzerland, Denmark,
England and Russia took to witch-hunting, trials and executions (mostly of
women but men and children too). Older estimates are as high as 17,000
executions for witchcraft, however data from the recent Survey of Scottish
Witchcraft (http://www.arts.ed.ac.uk/witches/) has lower figures. A
1590's pamphlet, Newes of Scotland gave "fair and balanced" coverage of
witch-crazed Scotland. Fascinating pages are at:
http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/month/aug2000.html
If you would like to look up the placenames answers on a map go here and type in the name under UK placenames.
