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Wizard’s Stone, Dollar, Clackmannanshire
Legendary Stone: OS Grid Reference – NS 9657 9902 Getting Here From Dollar town centre, take the road up to the gorgeous Castle Campbell, but instead of turning up towards the castle, keep on the road, uphill, for another quarter-mile. … Continue reading
Maiden’s Well, Glendevon, Perthshire
Healing Well: OS Grid Reference – NN 9703 0139 Also Known as: 1. Maiden Well Getting Here Follow the same directions as if you’re going to the Maiden Castle fairy hill. About 100 yards before reaching the hill, on the … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Perthshire
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Clackmannanshire, curses, Dollar, faerie, fairies, folklore, folktales, ghosts, Glendevon, hauntings, healing, heritage, Holy Wells, legends, little people, mountains, Ochils, Perthshire, sacred springs, Scotland, Scottish, shamanism, superstitions, traditions, water
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Maiden Castle, Glendevon, Perthshire
Legendary Hill: OS Grid Reference – NN 9710 0141 Also Known as: 1. Maiden’s Castle Getting Here Take the small steep road uphill from the town of Dollar in Clackmannanshire towards Castle Campbell. Less than 100 yards above the small … Continue reading
Posted in Perthshire, Sacred Nature
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Clackmannanshire, Dollar, elves, faerie, fairies, folklore, folktales, Glendevon, healing, heritage, legends, little people, mountains, Ochils, Perthshire, Scotland, Scottish, shamanism, tradition
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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 antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, burials, cairns, Comrie, Crieff, death, earth mysteries, folklore, giants, Glen Artney, heritage, legends, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, Muthill, neolithic, Perthshire, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, Standing Stones, tombs, tumulus
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Fairy Stone, Fourstones, Northumberland
Legendary Stone: OS Grid Reference – NY 893 680 Archaeology & History Thought to have been destroyed in the 19th century, folklorists and historians alike didn’t seem to be able to locate this little-known folklore relic, which is still alive … Continue reading
Fraggle Rock, Burley Moor, West Yorkshire
Cup-and-Ring Stone — NEW DISCOVERY Archaeology & History This carving is one in a cluster of at least 17 previously unrecorded petroglyphs, uncovered nearly two years ago on a Northern Antiquarian bimble on the northern edge of Rombald’s Moor. The … Continue reading
Posted in Cup-and-Ring Stones, Yorkshire, West
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, archaeological, Archaeology, Bronze Age, burial, Burley, Burley-in-Wharfedale, cairns, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, death, earth mysteries, heritage, ilkley moor, legends, petroglyphs, prehistoric sites, Rock art, Rombalds Moor, sacred sites, tombs, West Yorkshire, Wharfedale
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High Cross, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Cross (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – SJ 492 126 Also Known as: Butter Cross The Cross Archaeology & History This long-lost medieval ornamented cross, found not far from the legendary Grope Cunt Lane (I kid you not) was located close … Continue reading
Posted in Crosses, Shropshire
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, christianity, Crosses, legends, medieval history, place-names, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
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St. Fillan’s Well, Comrie, Perthshire
Holy Well: OS Grid Reference – NN 7080 2327 Also Known as: 1. Well of St. Fillans Archaeology & History Found by the legendary hill of Dundurn, east of Loch Earn, this legendary healing site has been written about by … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Perthshire
Tagged Comrie, Dundurn, earth mysteries, folklore, hagiology, healing, healing springs, Holy Wells, legends, medieval history, paganism, Perthshire, sacred sites, Scotland, St Fillans, Strathearn, water
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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 antiquarian, antiquities, archaeological, Archaeology, Bronze Age, burial, Burley, Burley-in-Wharfedale, cairns, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, death, earth mysteries, folk-lore, folklore, giants, heritage, ilkley moor, legends, petroglyphs, prehistoric sites, Rock art, Rombald, sacred sites, tombs, West Yorkshire, Wharfedale
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Blue Stane, St. Andrews, Fife
Standing Stone: OS Grid Reference – NO 50545 16708 Also Known as: Blue Stone Getting Here From the bus station in town, walk across the road and to your right, as if you’re heading into the town centre. Barely 100 … Continue reading
Posted in Fife & Kinross, Scotland, Standing Stones
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, earth mysteries, folklore, Irno Age, legends, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, pictish, Picts, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, St. Andrews, standing stone, superstitions
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