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Allt Ghaordaidh, Glen Lochay, Killin, Perthshire
Standing Stone: OS Grid Reference – NN 5101 3807 Getting Here One helluva climb to reach this little fella. I simply started at Dalgirdy cottage, some 5 miles along Glen Lochay, on the right-hand side of the road. Then, walk … Continue reading
Posted in Perthshire, Standing Stones
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, cailleach, earth mysteries, Glen Lochay, history, Killin, medieval, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, neolithic, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, shielings, Standing Stones, Weem
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Witches’ Stone, Ratho, Midlothian
Cup-and-Ring Stone (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NT 1273 6973 Also Known as: Witch’s Stone Archaeology & History This fascinating looking carving (in my personal Top 10 of all-time favourites cup-and-rings in the UK!) was unfortunately destroyed sometime between 1918 … Continue reading
Posted in Cup-and-Ring Stones, Midlothian
Tagged airts, animism, Bonnington, Bronze Age, Burnwynd, cailleach, cromlechs, dolmens, earth mysteries, Edinburgh, folklore, geology, Linburn, Livingston, midlothian, neolithic, paganism, pagans, prehistoric sites, religion, rocks, sacred sites, Scotland, spirit, stones, superstitions, Wilkieston, witch, witchcraft, witches
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Beinn na Caillich, Broadford, Skye
Chambered Cairn: OS Grid Reference – NG 6291 2377 Getting Here From Broadford town, head northwest outta town up the A87 for a mile, turning left and stopping by the electricity station just 100 yards along. Follow the line of … Continue reading
Posted in Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, Hebrides, Inner, Inverness-shire, Skye
Tagged animism, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, burial, cailleach, chambered cairns, creation myths, death, folklore, goddesses, Heathenism, Inner Hebrides, Inverness-shire, legends, mountains, neolithic, paganism, prehistoric sites, sacred mountains, sacred sites, Skye, tombs, traditions, tumulus
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Beinn na Cailleach, Kylerhea, Skye
Sacred Mountain: OS Grid Reference – NG 770 229 Also Known as: Beinn na Caillich Getting Here As you drive down the A87 road towards Broadford from the Kyle, just before Breakish there’s a small road on the left that … Continue reading
Carlie Craig, Blairlogie, Stirlingshire
Legendary Rocks: OS Grid Reference – NS 816 970 Also Known as: Carla Craig Carlin Craig Witches’ Craig Getting Here If you’re coming from Blairlogie, a half-mile west of the village, take the B998 road to the university, but turn … Continue reading
Posted in Sacred Nature, Stirlingshire
Tagged black dogs, Blairlogie, Bridge of Allan, cailleach, churches, comparative religion, devils, folklore, history, kirks, legends, paganism, pagans, Picts, Scotland, Scottish, shamanism, shamans, Stirling, Stirlingshire, witchcraft, witches
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Old Wife Ridge, Heyshaw Moor, Dacre, North Yorkshire
Sacred Hill: OS Grid Reference – SE 159 626 Getting Here From the bottom of Pateley Bridge, just out of town take the left turn to Bewerley and go through the village; or from Glasshouses follow the road over the … Continue reading
Tullich, Glen Lochay, Killin, Perthshire
Enclosure: OS Grid Reference – NN 5235 3684 Also Known as: Tirai West Tullich East Site no.78043 (Canmore ID) Getting Here Go through Killin past the Bridge of Lochay pub, turning immediately down the small lane by its side. After … Continue reading
Posted in Perthshire, Scotland, Settlement/Enclosures
Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, cailleach, enclosures, Glen Lochay, Iron Age, Killin, megalithic, Megaliths, prehistoric sites, Scotland, settlements, Standing Stones, Tirai, walling
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Tobar na Cailleach, Keith, Banffshire
Sacred Well: OS Grid Reference – NJ 426 475 Also Known as: Cailleach Well Tobar Chailleach Well of the Cailleach Folklore This great “well of the old woman, or hag” is found on the northern slopes of Cairds Hill, amidst … Continue reading
Posted in Banffshire, Holy Wells, Scotland
Tagged Banff, Banffshire, cailleach, goddesses, Great Goddess, Holy Wells, hydromancy, Keith, Little Pitlurg, paganism, pagans, sacred sites, Scotland, spas, Strath Isla, water
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Devil’s Dyke, Poynings, Sussex
Hillfort: OS Grid Reference – TQ 260 111 Also Known as: Brighton Dyke Poor Man’s Wall Getting Here Plenty of ways of approaching this huge fella! Personally, I’d take it from the steep valley immediately east and north where the … Continue reading
Posted in Hillforts, Sussex
Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, Brighton, Bronze Age, cailleach, camps, creation myths, devils, dykes, enclosures, folk-lore, folklore, fortresses, forts, giants, hilllforts, Iron Age, legends, paganism, pagans, Poynings, prehistoric sites, Romano-British, settlements, Sussex, traditions
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The Bodach and Cailleach, Gigha, Argyll
Sacred Stones: OS Grid Reference – NR 63 47 Folklore On this “Isle of the Gods” — as some historians proclaim Gigha to mean — the ancient rites and ceremonies of local folk continued until pretty recent times. One writer … Continue reading
Posted in Argyll & Bute, Gigha (Isle of), Hebrides, Inner, Sacred Nature
Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, Argyll, cailleach, creations myths, folklore, Gigha, heathen, legends, paganism, pagans, Scotland
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