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Hawksworth Moor Cairnfield (01), West Yorkshire
Cairns: OS Grid Reference – SE 140 443 Getting Here Take the same directions as if you’re visiting the Great Skirtful of Stones giant cairn on the boundary of Burley and Hawksworth. Cross the wire fence on its southern-side and, … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, Yorkshire, West
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, burial, cairnfields, cairns, death, earth mysteries, english heritage, Hawksworth, Hawksworth Moor, necropolis, neolithic, prehistoric sites, Rombalds Moor, sacred sites, tombs, tumuli, tumulus, West Yorkshire
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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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Witch Hillock, Marykirk, Kincardineshire
Tumulus & (possible) Stone Circle: OS Grid Reference – NO 64400 67323 Also Known as: Canmore ID 36002 Inglismaldie Getting Here Travelling north on the Bridgemill to Fettercairn road, park at the layby just before the junction with the minor road (left) through the … Continue reading
Posted in Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, Earthworks, Kincardineshire, Scotland, Standing Stones, Stone Circles
Tagged antiquarian, Archaeology, Bronze Age, burial, cairns, death, earth mysteries, Edzell, heritage, historic Scotland, Kincardineshire, Luthermuir, Maryland, neolithic, North Water Bridge, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, tourist attractions, tumulus, witchcraft, witches
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Shawfield, Rutherglen, Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Tumulus (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NS 6041 6297 Also Known as: Canmore ID 45108 Archaeology & History Close to the ancient boundary of north Lanarkshire—if not actually on it—and looking down on the River Clyde, was once a prehistoric burial mound, … Continue reading
Posted in Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, burial, cairns, death, earth mysteries, Glasgow, heritage, historic Scotland, Lanarkshire, neolithic, prehistoric sites, Rutherglen, sacred sites, Scotland, Strathclyde, tombs, tumuli, tumulus
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Machar Stones, Fintry, Stirlingshire
Standing Stones: OS Grid Reference – NS 65705 83932 Also Known as: Canmore ID 45311 Waterhead Stones Getting Here Of the 2 ways to reach here: one via the Crow Road, up to Waterhead Farm and then meandering through the forest—we … Continue reading
Posted in Scotland, Standing Stones, Stirlingshire
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, archaeoastronomy, Archaeology, astroarchaeology, Bronze Age, burial, Campsie Fells, Carron Valley, carved stones, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, etymology, Fintry, heritage, Kilsyth Hills, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, neolithic, petroglyphs, place-names, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, Standing Stones, Stirlingshire, tomb
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Baile Mhargaite Cist (01), Bettyhill, Sutherland
Cist: OS Grid Reference – NC 69908 61102 Getting Here Get yourself to the Baile Mhargaite Enclosure 1 and walk less than 150 yards southeast. Keep your eyes keenly peeled on the ground as you can easily miss this one! … Continue reading
Posted in Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, Scotland, Sutherland
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, architecture, Bettyhill, Bronze Age, burial, cairns, cists, death, earth mysteries, enclosures, Farr, heritage, hut circles, Iron Age, neolithic, pictish, Picts, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, Strathnaver, Sutherland, tombs, Torrisdale, tumulus
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Cromlix Lodge, Dunblane, Perthshire
Long Cairn: OS Grid Reference – NN 7617 0671 Also Known as: Bracklin Burn Canmore ID 73465 Getting Here Take the B8033 north out of Dunblane and, immediately out the other side of Kinbuck, as you cross the river, take the … Continue reading
Posted in Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, Perthshire, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, burial, cairns, death, Doune, Dunblane, earth mysteries, geomancy, heritage, Kilbride, Kinbuck, moots, neolithic, Perthshire, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, Stirling, Stirlingshire, tombs, tumuli, tumulus
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Judge’s Cairn, Dunblane, Perthshire
Cairn: OS Grid Reference – NN 73944 05618 Also Known as: The Big Cairn Canmore ID 24661 Dalbrack Getting Here Along the A820 road between Dunblane and Doune, from the Dunblane-side, take the very first minor road on your right a … Continue reading
Posted in Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, Perthshire, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, burial, cairns, death, Doune, Dunblane, earth mysteries, geomancy, heritage, Kilbride, moots, neolithic, Perthshire, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, Stirling, Stirlingshire, tombs, tumuli, tumulus
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Glenshervie Burn, Glen Almond, Perthshire
Ring Cairn: OS Grid Reference – NN 82614 32996 Also Known as: Canmore ID 25565 River Almond Getting Here Take the dirt-track, off-road, up to the start of Glen Almond, for more than 4 miles — past the curious Conichan … Continue reading
Posted in Perthshire, Scotland, Stone Circles
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, burial, cairn circles, cairns, death, earth mysteries, geomancy, Glen Almond, heritage, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, neolithic, Perthshire, prehistoric sites, ring cairns, sacred sites, Scotland, Standing Stones, tombs, tumuli, tumulus
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