Old Photograph The Square Auchencairn Scotland

Old photograph of a horse and carriage, shops, houses and people in The Square in Auchencairn village located on the coast of the Solway Firth at the head of Auchencairn Bay and on the A711 road between the town of Dalbeattie to the east and Kirkcudbright to the west in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. At the top end of the village stands a dead tree; it is all that remains of a farm called the Ringcroft of Stocking, the site of the Mackie Poltergeis' incident in 1695. Over a period of several months, the inhabitants, a farmer Andrew Mackie and his family, reported mysterious occurrences such as stones being thrown at them, cattle being moved and buildings being set alight. The family and others also reported a ghost taking form and speaking. Several clergymen came to pray at the site, but no change was immediately evident; in the next few months the strange occurrences stopped but the farm was eventually abandoned due to the incident. The incident was made known when the details were published by the Reverend Telfair a year later with the support of 14 eyewitnesses.



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