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Category Archives: Skye
Dun Osdale, Dunvegan, Skye
Broch: OS Grid Reference – NG 24162 46424 Also Known as: Canmore ID 10832 Getting Here From the A863 Dunvegan road, a mile south of the village turn onto the B884 road at Lonmore, making sure you veer right after a few hundred … Continue reading
Posted in Brochs, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Skye
Tagged ancient history, ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, brochs, Duirinish, dun, duns, Dunvegan, faerie, fairies, folklore, Glendale, Highlands, Inverness-shire, Iron Age, legends, little people, midsummer, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, Scottish history, Skye, summer solstice, traditions
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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, Scotland, 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
Temple of Anaitis, Lusta, Waternish, Skye
‘Stone Circle’: OS Grid Reference – NG 2725 5273 Also Known as: Annait Temple of Annait Getting Here Otta Swire (1961) told how to find this place, thus: “The Waternish road turns off to the north at Fairy Bridge, whence … Continue reading
Posted in Inverness-shire, Scotland, Skye, Stone Circles
Tagged Anait, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, druids, Duirinish, Dunvegan, earth mysteries, folklore, goddesses, gods, heritage, Inner Hebrides, Inverness-shire, Isle of Skye, legends, Lusta, megalithic, Megaliths, place-names, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, Skye, Stone Circles, Trotternish, Waternish
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Weeping Stone, Fladaigh Chuain, Skye
Legendary Rock: OS Grid Reference – NG 3638 8091 Getting Here Unless you’ve got your own boat, forget it! This one’s miles out on the isolated uninhabited island of Fladda-chuain about 5 miles off the northwest tip from Duntulm, Trotternish. … Continue reading
Posted in Inverness-shire, Sacred Nature, Scotland, Skye
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, druidic, druids, earth mysteries, folklore, Heathenism, heathens, heritage, historic Scotland, Inner Hebrides, legends, megalithic, Megaliths, paganism, sacred sites, Scotland, Skye, St. Columba
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Raven’s Stone, Elgol, Strathaird, Skye
Standing Stone (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NG 520 144 Folklore This once-famous standing stone appears to have gone. It was described in Otta Swire’s (1961:230) superb book on the folklore of Skye, where she wrote: “Overlooking Elgol is Bidein … Continue reading
Kilmarie, Kirkibost, Strathaird, Skye
Stone Circle (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NG 552 172 Also Known as: Cille Mhaire Folklore Omitted from Burl’s (2000) magnum opus, the great Scottish folklorists Otta Swire (1961) is the singular reference to the forgotten stone circle that once … Continue reading
Na Clachan Bhreige, Kirkibost, Strathaird, Skye
Stone Circle: OS Grid Reference – NG 5432 1768 Also known as: The False Stones Na Clachan Breitheach Strathaird Circle Getting Here Way off from seemingly anywhere this one – on the southern foothills of the great Cuillins, by the … Continue reading
Posted in Hebrides, Inner, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Skye, Stone Circles
Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, Cuillins, folk-lore, folklore, Inner Hebrides, Isle of Skye, Kilmarie, Kirkibost, legends, megalithic, Megaliths, neolithic, prehistoric sites, Scotland, Scottish, Standing Stones, Stone Circles, Strathaird, superstitions
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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, Scotland, Skye
Tagged animism, 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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