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Giant’s Knowe, Culloch, Muthill, Perthshire
Cairn (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NN 7848 1762 Also Known as: Canmore ID 24797 Crock-nafion Fingalian’s Knowe Archaeology & History Amidst the colourful and nurturing landscape close to the gigantic Dunruchan standing stones and just along the road from … Continue reading
Posted in Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, Perthshire
Tagged neolithic, Bronze Age, folklore, monoliths, Megaliths, Archaeology, megalithic, Standing Stones, death, tombs, antiquities, antiquarian, legends, Scotland, cairns, tumulus, burials, Perthshire, giants, sacred sites, prehistoric sites, earth mysteries, Crieff, Comrie, Muthill, heritage, Glen Artney
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Little Skirtful Carvings, Burley Moor, West Yorkshire
Cup-Marked Stones: OS Grid Reference – SE 1383 4519 Also Known as: Carving nos. 391a, 391b, 391c, 391d Little Skirtful of Stones’ Carvings Getting Here Follow the directions to reach the Little Skirtful of Stones giant prehistoric cairn. Once here, … Continue reading
Posted in Cup-and-Ring Stones, Yorkshire, West
Tagged Rock art, petroglyphs, Bronze Age, folklore, Archaeology, death, tombs, antiquities, antiquarian, ilkley moor, folk-lore, legends, West Yorkshire, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, cairns, burial, Wharfedale, Burley-in-Wharfedale, giants, Rombald, sacred sites, archaeological, prehistoric sites, earth mysteries, Burley, heritage
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Caisteal Nan Coin Dubh, Craobh Haven, Argyll
Dun: OS Grid Reference – NN 8000 0763 Archaeology & History Up above the roadside leading down the gorgeous Craobh Haven road, we not only find remains of a little-known standing stone, but we see this little-known overgrown fort that … Continue reading
Posted in Argyll & Bute, Duns
Tagged folklore, Archaeology, Iron Age, antiquities, antiquarian, legends, Argyll, Scotland, Hillforts, traditions, giants, sacred sites, prehistoric sites, duns, forts, fortresses, earth mysteries, Craobh Haven, Craignish
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Samson Stone, Callander, Stirlingshire
Legendary Rock: OS Grid Reference – NN 604 078 Also Known as: Samson’s Putting Stone Getting Here Go west out of Callander on the A84 road and after a miles or so turn left at Kilmahog, down the A821. After a few … Continue reading
Posted in Sacred Nature, Stirlingshire
Tagged antiquities, Callander, creation myths, folklore, giants, Kilmahog, legends, myths, Scotland, Stirlingshire
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Robin Hood’s Bed, Blackstone Edge, Lancashire
Legendary Rocks: OS Grid Reference – SD 97204 16356 Getting Here Follow the same directions to get to the Aiggin Stone. Once here, go over the stile by the fence opposite towards the great geological ridge less than half-a-mile south. … Continue reading
Posted in Lancashire, Sacred Nature
Tagged animism, antiquities, Blackstone Edge, boundary stones, creation myths, folklore, geology, giants, Lancashire, landscape archaeology, legends, Littleborough, myth, Rishworth Moor, ritual magick, Robin Hood, rocking stones, shamanism, West Yorkshire
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Apronful of Stones, Bradfield, South Yorkshire
Cairn: OS Grid Reference – SK 244 946 Archaeology & History This was another example of the many giant cairns that scatter the upland moors on the Pennines, but much of it has been destroyed. Described in Joseph Hunter’s Hallamshire … Continue reading
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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Nine Stones Close, Harthill, Derbyshire
Stone Circle: OS Grid Reference – SK 2254 6264 Also Known as: Grey Ladies Hartle Moor Stone Circle Getting Here From Bakewell take the A6 Matlock road, follow this till just past the signs for Haddon Hall where you take … Continue reading
Posted in Derbyshire, Stone Circles
Tagged antiquities, archaeoastronomy, Archaeology, astroarchaeology, Birchover, Bronze Age, creation myths, Derbyshire, Elton, folklore, giants, legends, ley-lines, leys, megalithic, Megaliths, neolithic, prehistoric sites, Robin Hood, Stone Circles, Youlgrave
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Beinn na Cailleach, Broadford, Skye
Sacred Mountain: OS Grid Reference – NG 601 232 Getting Here Seems rather daft giving directions for a mountain, but… For incomers, cross the bridge onto the island and keep on the A87 road to Broadford. A couple of mile … Continue reading
Posted in Hebrides, Inner, Inverness-shire, Sacred Nature, Skye
Tagged Broadford, cailleach, creation myth, folk-lore, folklore, giants, goddess, Hebrides, holy well, Isle of Skye, Kali, legends, mythology, myths, old woman, sacred mountain, Scotland, spirit, supernatural
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Pots and Pans Stone, Greenfield, Lancashire
Legendary Rocks: OS Grid Reference – SE 009 050 Also Known as: Druid Stone Getting Here Dead easy! From the townships of Grasscroft, Uppermill, or Greenfield, take the legendary moorland road up to Saddleworth tops (A635), keeping your eye on … Continue reading
Posted in Lancashire, Sacred Nature
Tagged animism, antiquities, Archaeology, creation myths, faerie, fairies, folk-lore, folklore, geomancy, giants, Greenfield, Lancashire, legends, prehistoric sites, Saddleworth, Uppermill
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