Tour Scotland Travel Video Early Autumn Drive On A977 From Crook Of Devon To Kinross Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of an early Autumn road trip drive East on the A977 road from Crook Of Devon on ancestry visit to Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland. Crook of Devon, where the video starts, is a village within the parish of Fossoway. The village of Crook Of Devon is known for the witchcraft trials held in the 1660’s. 10 women and 1 man, Agnes Murrie, Bessie Henderson, Isabella Rutherford, Bessie Neil, Margaret Lister, Agnes Brugli, Janet Paton of Crook of Devon, Janet Paton of Kilduff, Janet Brugh, Christian Grieve and Robert Wilson, were tried and executed between April 1661 and October 1662, accused of Witchcraft. 5 men, including William Halliday of Tullibole Castle, Crook of Devon, Perth and Kinross, and his son John presided at the 5 trials and found the accused guilty. Those who survived the trials were strangled by the local hangman and burnt at a mound in the village.

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