Margaret Dunholm, also written Denholm, Dinham or Dolmoune, lived at Burncastle near Lauder. She was accused during the witch hunt of 1649 to 1650 by Isobel Thompson from Stow, who was said to be a witch with a male accomplice. The witch pricker John Kincaid of Tranent examined her and received six pounds for brodding her, plus four pounds for expenses including wine and food. She was burned, with two barrels of tar used to build the fire, and the execution was overseen by the hangman of Haddington.
The costs were first documented in John Croft's Excerpta Antiqua of 1797. This is a rare case in which the paperwork of the killing survives. The pin is placed at Burncastle and is approximate.
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