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Tag Archives: Alloa
Red Well, Alloa, Clackmannanshire
Healing Well: OS Grid Reference – NS 87385 93435 Getting Here Along the A907 a mile west of Alloa and heading towards Tullibody, just before the roundabout across the road from the school fields, a small entrance takes you into … Continue reading
Posted in Clackmannanshire, Holy Wells, Scotland
Tagged Alloa, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, chalybeate wells, chalybeates, Clackmannanshire, folklore, healing, heritage, history, Holy Wells, hydromancy, sacred sites, sacred springs, Scotland, Scottish history, Tullibody, water
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Town Cross, Alloa, Clackmannanshire
Cross: OS Grid Reference – NS 88559 92686 Also Known as: Burgh Cross Canmore ID 47169 Market Cross Mercat Cross Getting Here Get into the small town of Alloa, where the buses stand at Shillinghill. From here walk southwest down … Continue reading
Mercat Cross, Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire
Cross: OS Grid Reference – NS 91109 91890 Also Known as: Burgh Cross Canmore ID 48318 Clackmannan Cross Market Cross Getting Here Take the A907 road between Alloa and Kincardine, and up the B910 into Clackmannan. To get into the village, … Continue reading
Stone of Mannan, Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire
Legendary Stone: OD Grid Reference – NS 91114 91891 Also Known as: Canmore ID 48321 Clackmannan Stone King Robert’s Stone Getting Here Take the A907 road between Alloa and Kincardine, and up the B910 into Clackmannan. To get into the village, … Continue reading
Posted in Clackmannanshire, Sacred Nature, Scotland, Standing Stones
Tagged Alloa, Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, creation myths, folklore, gods, heritage, Ireland, legends, Mannan, medieval history, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, myths, phallic symbols, sacred sites, Scotland, Standing Stones
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Priest’s Well, Tullibody, Clackmannanshire
Holy Well: OS Grid Reference – NS 86069 95324 Also Known as: Canmore ID 47056 Getting Here Along the A907 Stirling to Alloa road, turn onto the B9096 through Tullibody, turning up Menstrie Road until, on your right, you reach … Continue reading
Posted in Clackmannanshire, Holy Wells, Scotland
Tagged Alloa, Alva, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Clackmannanshire, earth mysteries, folklore, heritage, Holy Wells, hydromancy, medieval history, Ochils, sacred sites, Scotland, traditions, Tullibody, water
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Hawk Hill Cairn, Alloa, Clackmannanshire
Cairn: OS Grid Reference – NS 8911 9282 Also Known as: Canmore ID 47168 Getting Here From the railways station, walk to the dual carriageway (crossing the road) and walk on the A907 road to your left; cross the next … Continue reading
Posted in Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Tagged Alloa, antiquarian, Archaeology, Bronze Age, cairns, Clackmannanshire, death, earth mysteries, heritage, ley-lines, leys, neolithic, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, tombs, tumuli, tumulus
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Lady’s Well, Tullibody, Clackmannanshire
Holy Well (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NS 8563 9548 Also Known as: Canmore ID 47055 Archaeology & History Seemingly destroyed by the recent road bypass of the B9140, this probable holy well was highlighted on the 1866 Ordnance Survey … Continue reading
Posted in Clackmannanshire, Holy Wells, Scotland
Tagged Alloa, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Clackmannanshire, earth mysteries, healing, history, Holy Wells, Menstrie, sacred sites, Scotland, Tullibody, water
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Grassmainston Well, Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire
Sacred Well: OS Grid Reference – NS 92478 93403 Getting Here From Clackmannan Main Street, go down the Cattle Market and straight across at the junction, downhill. Keep going on the country lane for half-a-mile watching out for Grassmainston Farm … Continue reading
Posted in Clackmannanshire, Holy Wells, Scotland
Tagged Alloa, antiquarian, antiquities, apparitions, Archaeology, Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, history, Holy Wells, hydromancy, magick, paganism, ritual, sacred sites, Scotland, water, witchcraft, witches
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Hawk Hill Cross, Alloa, Clackmannanshire
Cross: OS Grid Reference – NS 90135 92660 Also Known as: Parkmill Pillar Stone of Brath Getting Here From Alloa head east along the A907 road and park up at Morrison’s supermarket a half-mile on. From here, keep walking along … Continue reading
Posted in Clackmannanshire, Crosses, Scotland
Tagged Alloa, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, carvings, christianity, Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, cross, Crosses, medieval history, Petroglyphs, petroglyphs, pictish, Picts, sacred sites, Standing Stones
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Hawk Hill, Alloa, Clackmannanshire
Stone Circle (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NS 906 925 Archaeology & History This is another megalithic ring that appears to have been destroyed, sometime around 1923. It was one of a series of very important Bronze Age monuments that … Continue reading
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