The story is a good example of a reputed cunning man at a moment when witch trials had nearly ended in Scotland, and of a well-worn tale of the seer who knows a visitor's private thoughts. The same period saw people visiting the nearby healing well at Blantyre Park, and the source quotes the minister Robert Wodrow, who brought his son there in July 1730 to no benefit. The urine claim and the devil remark rest on recorded local report and not on direct testimony.
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Gardiner, the Seer of Blantyre Priory, 1710
Blantyre Priory, above the River Clyde
1710
This site is private property or has no public access. Coordinates shown are rounded and no directions are offered.
- Evidence
- Long-standing local tradition
- Access
- No public access
- Location
- 55.803, -4.105 (Parish-level only, treat as an area)
Sources: Blantyre Project, "Haunted Blantyre Priory, Part 2 of 2" [other]
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