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Lower Headley Farm, Thornton, Bradford, West Yorkshire

Posted on June 2, 2019 by megalithix

Tumulus (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – SE 099 321 Archaeology & History There are no longer any remains of the prehistoric burial site that once stood in one of the fields by Lower Headley Farm. We don’t know whether the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, Yorkshire, West | Tagged ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bradford, Bronze Age, cairns, cists, deathm burials, earth mysteries, England, english heritage, neolithic, prehistoric sites, Queensbury, sacred sites, Thornton, tumuli, tumulus, urns, West Scholes, West Yorkshire | Leave a comment

Tun Well, Eccleshill, Bradford, West Yorkshire

Posted on September 20, 2018 by megalithix

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 →

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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 | 2 Comments

Jim Craven’s Well, Thornton, West Yorkshire

Posted on January 31, 2018 by megalithix

Sacred Well: OS Grid Reference — SE 0967 3251? Archaeology & History Another well with considerable supernatural renown was this little-known site near the old village of Thornton, on the western outskirts of Bradford. We’re not 100% sure about its … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Holy Wells, Yorkshire, West | Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, black dogs, Bradford, chalybeates, english heritage, folklore, ghosts, hauntings, healing, history, Holy Wells, phantoms, sacred spring, shamanism, supernatural, superstitions, Thornton, water, West Yorkshire | 3 Comments

Ing Well, Allerton, Bradford, West Yorkshire

Posted on April 26, 2017 by megalithix

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 →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Holy Wells, Yorkshire, West | Tagged Airedale, Allerton, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bradford, Chellow Dean, earth mysteries, english heritage, healing wells, history, Holy Wells, Thornton, traditions, water, West Yorkshire | Leave a comment

Cruckles Well, Manningham, Bradford, West Yorkshire

Posted on February 22, 2017 by megalithix

Sacred Well (lost): OS Grid Reference – SE 160 339 Archaeology & History In an essay by great regional historian Harry Speight (1912) on the ancient tracks of Bradford and district, he mentions this “Cruckleswell” which was first described in 1602. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Holy Wells, Yorkshire, West | Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bradford, earth mysteries, England, english heritage, folklore, Frizinghall, healing wells, Holy Wells, Manningham, medicinal springs, medieval history, naiad, sacred sites, spirits, water, West Yorkshire | 2 Comments

Cratcliff East Enclosure, Harthill, Derbyshire

Posted on August 9, 2016 by megalithix

Enclosure: OS Grid Reference – SK 2259 6238 Getting Here Taking the roughly north-south road betwixt the village of Elton and the town of Youlgreave, rising up to see the great rock outcrop of Robin Hood’s Stride, park-up by the roadside … Continue reading →

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Baildon Moor Carving (130), West Yorkshire

Posted on March 20, 2015 by megalithix

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 →

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Toad Stones, Baildon Moor, West Yorkshire

Posted on March 18, 2015 by megalithix

Ring Cairn: OS Grid Reference – SE 1305 4004 Getting Here From the double-ring that is the Brackenhall Circle at Shipley Glen, go up the road towards the hills and seek out the cup-marked Glovershaw Quarry Stone. Shortly before this, … Continue reading →

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Doidy Poidy Well, Gomersal, West Yorkshire

Posted on December 11, 2014 by megalithix

Healing Well: OS Grid Reference – unknown Archaeology & History This bizarre-sounding well owed its name—if we are to accept H.A. Cadman’s (1930) version of history—to the local land-owner, “Joseph Mortimer and it was so-called because Mortimer’s christian name was … Continue reading →

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Moor Lane Well, Gomersal, West Yorkshire

Posted on December 11, 2014 by megalithix

Healing Well: OS Grid Reference – SE 2071 2677 Archaeology & History Not far from the old maypole, the Moor Lane Well was the innocuous-sounding site where legend told that a phantom horse was once seen running up and down … Continue reading →