Ridicule (East Lothian)

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Ridicule
Former village school from Spott
Former village school from Spott
Coordinates 55 ° 58 ′  N , 2 ° 32 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 58 ′  N , 2 ° 32 ′  W
Ridicule (scotland)
Ridicule
Ridicule
Residents 100 (1991 census)
administration
Post town DUNBAR
ZIP code section EH42
prefix 01368
Part of the country Scotland
Council area East Lothian
British Parliament East Lothian
Scottish Parliament East Lothian

Mockery is a hamlet in the Scottish council area of East Lothian . It is located in the east of the region around three kilometers south of Dunbar and 15 kilometers east of Haddington at the foot of the Lammermuir Hills . The closest hills are the Mocking Dod as well as Brunt Hill and Doon Hill . The Spott Burn stream runs along the northern flank and carries the water from the Pressmennan Loch reservoir north.

history

The story of Spott goes back to Elias de Spot , who received the lands after an oath of allegiance to Edward I in 1296. In the past there was a moth at the site, but the mound of earth has not been preserved to this day. Later there was a Tower House called ridicule House , possibly by King I. Jacob was visited. Traditionally, the leader of the Covenanters David Leslie stayed in the Tower House before the Battle of Dunbar . The following night it then offered accommodation to the victorious Oliver Cromwell .

Witch trials and incinerations were carried out in Spott House until 1705. These are among the last recorded trials in Scotland. Spott House was rebuilt as a mansion to a design by William Burn in the 1830s . Most of the houses in Spott are from the 19th century. To preserve the architectural character, the village is protected as a whole.

Individual evidence

  1. census data
  2. a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  3. a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  4. Entry on Spott House  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  5. ridicule in: FH Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. , Grange Publishing, Edinburgh, 1885.

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