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Orkney Witchcraft Trials Memorial – Links

If you would like to find out more about Witchcraft trials in Orkney and beyond, here are some links to good resources. (Links are to external sites.)

Orkney Witchcraft Trial Source Books and Archives held at the Orkney Archive

Survey of Scottish Witchcraft from Edinburgh University

The Scottish Witchcraft Act of 1563, by Julian Goodare

Preview to “Close readings of court documents from the trials of Barbara Boundie and Marjorie Paplay”, by Liv Willumsen

Section on Orkney witch trials and tales of Orkney witches from Orkneyjar.com, some of which is drawn from the work of Ernest Marwick.

Click here for audio, images and documents relating to the Memorial project.