Wigton Martyrs

The Wigtown Martyrs or Solway Martyrs, Margaret Lachlan (in her 60s) and Margaret Wilson (in her 20s) were Scottish Covenanters who were executed by Scottish Episcopalians in 1685 in Wigtown, Scotland, by tying them to stakes on the town's mudflats and allowing them to drown with the rising tide.

Wigton Martyrs

The Wigtown Martyrs or Solway Martyrs, Margaret Lachlan (in her 60s) and Margaret Wilson (in her 20s) were Scottish Covenanters who were executed by Scottish Episcopalians in 1685 in Wigtown, Scotland, by tying them to stakes on the town's mudflats and allowing them to drown with the rising tide.