In the year of 1697, within the northern reaches of Scotland in a region known as Ross, a man named Donald Moir found himself ensnared within the fear‐wracked tapestry of witch trials that scourged the Scottish landscape between 1563 and 1736. This case, noted in the historical record under the identifier C/EGD/1776, marked a moment when Donald became one among many accused of witchcraft, amidst an era thick with suspicion and dread of the supernatural.
Although the details surrounding Donald's specific accusations, trials, or the outcome thereof are not expanded upon in the brief notes available, his case was significant enough to be preserved and eventually referenced in scholarly works on the subject. The lack of thorough documentation about Donald Moir's fate exemplifies the many gaps and silences in the records of the witch trials. Each entry, however sparse, contributes to our understanding of the broader societal and cultural currents of fear, authority, and the scapegoating that underpinned the witch trials of early modern Scotland.