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Tag Archives: Airedale
Holy Well, Baildon, West Yorkshire
Holy Well (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – SE 1609 3961 Archaeology & History This site is all but unknown to the great majority of folk in Baildon, and even some of the local historians have let it slip from their … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Holy Wells, Yorkshire, West
Tagged Airedale, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Baildon, black dogs, England, english heritage, folklore, ghosts, hauntings, healing wells, Holy Wells, medieval history, sacred sites, shipley, traditions, water, West Yorkshire
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Tun Well, Eccleshill, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Healing Well: OS Grid Reference – SE 1822 3593 Also Known as: Tunny Well Archaeology & History First mentioned in local history accounts from 1618—as the Tunwells—it was highlighted on the first OS-map of Eccleshill in 1851. Located on the aptly-named … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Holy Wells, Yorkshire, West
Tagged Airedale, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, black dogs, Bradford, earth mysteries, Eccleshill, England, english heritage, folklore, ghosts, hauntings, healing, healing wells, Holy Wells, legends, ley-lines, leys, sacred sites, Victorian history, water, West Yorkshire
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Sharp Haw, Flasby, North Yorkshire
Cup-Marked Stone: OS Grid Reference – SD 9594 5532 Getting Here The quickest way to get here is to head out of Skipton towards the B6265 Grassington Road. Once on the B6265 you will go past the Craven Heifer Pub … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Cup-and-Ring Stones, Yorkshire, North
Tagged Airedale, ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, Craven, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, England, english heritage, Flasby, geomancy, Merlin, neolithic, North Yorkshire, Petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, settlements, Skipton
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Bury Lane (east), East Morton, West Yorkshire
Cup-Marked Stone: OS Grid Reference – SE 09373 42410 Also Known as: Carving 51 (Hedges) Carving 91 (Boughey & Vickerman) Getting Here From the expanding village of East Morton, by the school at the west-end of the village, walk up the … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Cup-and-Ring Stones, Yorkshire, West
Tagged Airedale, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, East Morton, England, english heritage, Keighley, neolithic, Petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, Rombalds Moor, sacred sites, West Yorkshire
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Lower Rivock, Keighley, West Yorkshire
Cup-and-Ring Stone: OS Grid Reference – SE 0717 4471 Getting Here From the B6265 valley road between Bingley and Keighley, just near Riddlesden Hall, take the road up and over the canal into Riddlesden, bearing left up past West Riddlesden Hall … Continue reading
Ing Well, Allerton, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Healing Well (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – SE 1174 3443 Archaeology & History This ‘Well of the Meadow”, or Ing Well, is one of countless springs in and around the Bradford metropolis that have been destroyed by that thing they call … Continue reading
Stanbury Hill North, Bingley Moor, West Yorkshire
Cup-Marked Stone: OS Grid Reference – SE 1097 4339 — NEW FIND Getting Here Take the directions as if you’re visiting the ornate petroglyphs known as the Lunar Stone and the Spotted Stone. Walk past them and down the slope, NW, as … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Cup-and-Ring Stones, Yorkshire, West
Tagged Airedale, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bingley Moor, Bronze Age, burial, cairns, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, death, earth mysteries, East Morton, England, english heritage, heritage, lunar symbols, neolithic, Petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, Rombalds Moor, sacred sites, solar symbols, Stanbury Hill, symbolism, symbols, tourist attractions, West Yorkshire
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Kirk Stones, Morton Moor, West Yorkshire
Legendary Rocks (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – SE 089 448 Archaeology & History A place-name that is still recognised on modern Ordnance Survey maps, even though the original site giving rise to it was all but destroyed some one hundred-and-fifty … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Sacred Nature, Yorkshire, West
Tagged Airedale, animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bingley, druids, England, geology, Keighley, legendary sites, Morton Moor, place-names, Riddlesden, Rombalds Moor, sacred sites, West Morton, West Yorkshire
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Lund Well, Bingley, West Yorkshire
Sacred Well (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – SE 0973 4091 Archaeology & History Once found in a cluster of three little wells all very close to each other near the top of the field where the Crossflatts roundabout joins up … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Holy Wells, Yorkshire, West
Tagged Airedale, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bingley, Crossflatts, druidism, druids, earth mysteries, England, english heritage, etymology, history, Holy Wells, hydromancy, hydrotherapy, Keighley, paganism, place-names, Riddlesden, sacred groves, sacred springs, Trees, water, West Yorkshire
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Baildon Moor Carving (130), West Yorkshire
Cup-Marked Stone: OS Grid Reference – SE 13077 40097 Also Known as: Carving no.11 (Hedges) Central Design Stone Getting Here Take the directions to find the Glovershaw Quarry carving, or the Baildon Moor 126 carving and the newly-found Toad Stones … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Cup-and-Ring Stones, Yorkshire, West
Tagged Airedale, animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Baildon Moor, Bradford, Bronze Age, cairns, carved stones, cup-and-ring, cup-markings, earth mysteries, english heritage, neolithic, petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, Rombalds Moor, sacred sites, Shipley Glen, West Yorkshire
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