{"product_id":"2940045483094","title":"Maggie Wall: The Witch Who Never Was","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is one of the most astonishing monuments in the British Isles, never mind Scotland. Deep in the Perthshire countryside stands a cairn of boulders topped with a tall, spindly cross, the stones painted with the stark words:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMAggie Wall\u003cbr\u003eburnt here\u003cbr\u003e1657 as a Witch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is nothing like it anywhere: a historic monument to a named witch. There is, it is true, the occasional plaque here and there in Scotland to the events of the witchcraft era; but these are modern remembrances, created out of modern sensibilities. The Maggie Wall monument, by contrast, is old.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd it is mysterious. Questions abound. Who was Maggie Wall? What happened to her? Why, of all the witches executed, does she alone have a monument? Why is there a cross on the top? Is the monument a sepulchre (that is, it marks a place of burial) or a cenotaph (a memorial without a grave)? Who built it? When? And why?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeoff Holder digs deep to find answers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The New Curiosity Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47156249985264,"sku":"2940045483094","price":3.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940045483094_p0.jpg?v=1763680858","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940045483094","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}