Magus Muir

This is a lovely wee spot for a walk but it is apparently the site of the murder of Archbishop James Sharp on 3 May 1679 in front of his daughter while making the journey by coach, from Edinburgh to St Andrews.

Here lies Thomas Brown, James Wood, Andrew Sword, John Weddell and John Clyde who suffered martyrdom on Magus Muir for their adherence to the Word of God and Scotland's Covenanted work of Reformation.
Nov 26 1679

Five covenanters were taken prisoner at the Battle of Bothwell Bridge in June 1769 and hanged in December in a vengeful response to the murder although they were not directly involved (allegedly).

The head and two hands from three of them are buried in the graveyards of Cupar Old and St Michael of Tarvit.