Cairn for Margaret Hall (scotland)
Type: historic=memorial
Coordinates: 55.95439177700071, -3.1583121428649115
Area: 1.0394775390625e-05 km²
OSM tags:
access: yes
description: 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.
historic: memorial
image: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7909684
memorial: cairn
name: Cairn for Margaret Hall
ref:canmore: 157263
wikipedia: en:Holyrood Park#Muschat's Cairn