The word 'supposedly' matters: there is no reliable record that Jaffray was buried in the Howff, and a woman burned for witchcraft would not usually have been given a grave in a kirkyard. The stone's name is a recent custom, part of the modern memory of Dundee's witches.
Folklore & legend
The Witches Stone in the Howff
The Howff, Dundee
Modern tradition
- Evidence
- Disputed or debunked
- Access
- Open ground
- Location
- 56.461, -2.973 (Sited to the building or field)
Sources: The Courier, Does Dundee Howff have a haunted history? [other]; Wikipedia, Grissel Jaffray [other]
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