West Fife Witches Remembered Digital Trail

That the Parliament congratulates the West Fife Witches Remembered Digital Trail project on its award of £10,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund; understands that the project aims to create a digital memorial trail to those accused and persecuted of witchcraft in Fife, and includes the creation of an app and website and the installation of three bronze disks on established walking routes of the Fife Coastal Path and the Fife Pilgrim Way; welcomes that the project will also conduct research into Lilias Adie, a suspected witch, who died in 1704 and whose grave on the Torryburn shore is the only confirmed revenant burial in Scotland; highlights the work of the West Fife Witches Remembered group in raising awareness and recognition of the thousands of men and women accused of witchcraft in early modern Scotland as victims of injustice; notes research from the University of Edinburgh indicating over 3,800 were tortured and killed across Scotland under the Witchcraft Act 1563, 12% of whom were from Fife; acknowledges that the history of witchcraft in Scotland documents breaches of human rights, and reveals deep social injustice and inequality, particularly aimed at women, and wishes all those involved in the project continued success with their work.