Wigtown Martyr's Stake

About Wigtown Martyr's Stake

This monument to the east of Wigtown and was erected in 1858 to commemorate The Wigtown Martyrs, Margaret Maclauchlan and Margaret Wilson. The two women were Scottish Covenanters who were executed by Scottish Episcopalians in 1685. This was done by tying them to stakes on the town's mudflats so that the drowned with the rising tide.