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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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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
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 antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Argyll, Craignish, Craobh Haven, duns, earth mysteries, folklore, fortresses, forts, giants, Hillforts, Iron Age, legends, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, traditions
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Whooping Cough Stone, Struan, Perthshire
Legendary Rock: OS Grid Reference – NN 816 653 Getting Here Up the A9 past Blair Atholl, a few miles later there’s the turning for Struan. Scarcely a mile east of old Struan Church, head past the old farmhouse of … Continue reading
Posted in Perthshire, Sacred Nature
Tagged animism, Blair Atholl, Calvine, folk medicine, folklore, Glen Errochty, Glen Garry, healing, legends, megalithic, Megaliths, Perthshire, rocks, Scotland, spirits, Struan, traditions, whooping cough
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Castle Hill, Culross, Fife
Hillfort: OS Grid Reference – NS 97105 89923 Getting Here Take the A907 road between Clackmannan and Comrie and, close to Bogside Farm at the roadside, but on the other side of the road where the bridge crosses a burn, … Continue reading
Posted in Fife & Kinross, Hillforts
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, camps, Comrie, Culross, earth mysteries, enclosures, Fife, folklore, forts, heritage, Hillforts, Iron Age, Kincardine, pictish, Picts, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, traditions
Caisteal Mhic Neill, Cashlie, Glen Lyon, Perthshire
Fort: OS Grid Reference – NN 49036 41779 Getting Here Truly remote, but easy to find once you’re nearing the western end of the glen. Going upstream, past Cashlie Dam, watch out for the well-preserved stone kiln on the left-hand … Continue reading
Posted in Brochs, Perthshire
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Breadalbane, brochs, Cashlie, castles, earth mysteries, folklore, forts, Glen Lyon, Iron Age, legends, Perthshire, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, traditions
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Bull Stone, Crook of Devon, Kinross-shire
Legendary Rock: OS Grid Reference – NT 03326 99712 Getting Here In the lovely village that is the Crook of Devon, go down Church Lane, past the houses, until you meet with the dirt-track on your left that runs straight … Continue reading
Acrehowe Cross, Baildon Moor, West Yorkshire
Cross (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – SE 143 406 Also Known as: Rerehowe Cross Archaeology & History Once found on the other side of the road from the prehistoric circle of Acrehowe Hill, this old cross was destroyed sometime in … Continue reading
Posted in Crosses, Yorkshire, West
Tagged Airedale, antiquarian, archaeological, Archaeology, Baildon Moor, Bradford, christianity, church, Crosses, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, earth mysteries, England, folk-lore, folklore, heritage, history, markets, medieval history, megalithic, Megaliths, plagues, Rock art, sacred sites, shipley, Standing Stones, traditions, West Yorkshire
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Fag Well, Finsbury, London
Healing Well (lost): OS Grid Reference – TQ 315 817 Also Known as: Fagge’s Well Archaeology & History First described in local church records from around 1190 AD (Webb 1921) as Fageswelle; then again a few years later in early … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Middlesex
Tagged animism, antiquarians, antiquities, Archaeology, Clerkenwell, earth mysteries, Finsbury, folklore, healing springs, Holy Wells, London, medieval history, Middlesex, paganism, sacred sites, traditions, water
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Skinners Well, Finsbury, London
Healing Well (lost): OS Grid Reference – TQ 313 822 Archaeology & History Like oh so many of the healthy old springs and streams in that dreadful metropolis, the blood and natural health of Skinner’s Well was killed long ago … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Middlesex
Tagged animism, antiquarians, antiquities, Archaeology, Clerkenwell, earth mysteries, Finsbury, folklore, healing springs, Holy Wells, London, medieval history, paganism, sacred sites, traditions, water
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