On foot

Dumfries: Devorgilla Bridge to the Globe Inn

A short walk in the centre of Dumfries. It starts on Devorgilla Bridge and the Whitesands, where nine women were burned for witchcraft in 1659, passes the Greyfriars site and the Tolbooth, and ends at the Globe Inn, a Robert Burns haunt.

5 stops · about 1 km · allow roughly 1 hr

  1. 1
    Hauntings
    The Veiled Woman on Devorgilla Bridge

    Devorgilla Bridge, Dumfries

  2. 2
    Witchcraft
    The Nine Women Burned on Dumfries Sands, 1659

    The Sands (Whitesands), Dumfries

  3. 3
    Folklore & legend
    The Voice at Comyn's Wake, Dumfries Greyfriars, 1306

    Site of the Minorite (Greyfriars) friary, Dumfries

  4. 4
    Hauntings
    The Globe Inn, Dumfries: Anna Park and the Woman in White

    The Globe Inn, High Street close, Dumfries

  5. 5

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