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Devil’s Well, Abernethy, Perthshire

Posted on October 27, 2018 by megalithix

Sacred Well: OS Grid Reference – NO 19430 14758 Also Known as: Canmore ID 28084 Getting Here From Abernethy village, go west along the A913 road for half-a-mile, then turn left up the long and winding Glenfoot road up the Abernethy … Continue reading →

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Posted in Holy Wells, Perthshire, Scotland | Tagged Abernethy, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, bodach, cailleach, devil, earth mysteries, folklore, healing wells, heritage, Holy Wells, hydromancy, legends, Old Man, Perthshire, sacred sites, satan, Scotland, superstitions, water, witchcraft, witches | 1 Comment

Blakey Topping, Allerston, North Yorkshire

Posted on June 16, 2018 by megalithix

Sacred Hill: OS Grid Reference – SE 8731 9377 Getting Here From Pickering, take the A169 towards Whitby. When you get to the Car Park at the ‘Hole-of-Horcum’ – (you can’t miss it), park the car and walk North along the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Sacred Nature, Yorkshire, North | Tagged aborigines, airts, Allerston, animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, cailleach, creation myths, devils, England, english heritage, folklore, geology, giants, Heathenism, hills, holy hills, legends, North Yorkshire, omphalos, sacred mountains, superstitions | 1 Comment

Lady Betty’s Well, Leckie, Gargunnock, Stirlingshire

Posted on June 9, 2018 by megalithix

Holy Well: OS Grid Reference – NS 69441 94687 Getting Here From Gargunnock village, take the road west towards Leckie, and then just before the right-angled bend in the road down towards the A811, bear sharp left, and then immediate … Continue reading →

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Posted in Holy Wells, Scotland, Stirlingshire | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, cailleach, Gargunnock, healing wells, heritage, Holy Wells, Leckie, medieval history, sacred sites, saints, Scotland, St Kessog, Stirlingshire, water | 2 Comments

Witches Stone, St. Martin’s, Perthshire

Posted on May 20, 2018 by megalithix

‘Standing Stone’: OS Grid Reference – NO 15927 31609 Also Known as: Canmore ID 28628 Getting Here Going north-eastish from the city of Perth, take either the A93 or A94, turning west along the A93 a mile south of Guildtown, or east … Continue reading →

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Posted in Perthshire, Scotland, Standing Stones | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Balbeggie, Bronze Age, cailleach, earth mysteries, folklore, Guildtown, heritage, legends, MacBeth, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, moots, neolithic, Perthshire, prehistoric sites, ritual magick, sacred sites, Scotland, St. Martins, Standing Stones, Strathmore, Tayside, traditions, William Shakespeare, witchcraft, witches | 1 Comment

St. Bride’s Well, London, Middlesex

Posted on January 20, 2018 by megalithix

Holy Well (covered): OS Grid Reference – TQ 3157 8111 Archaeology & History Close to the centre of that corporate money-laundering place of homo-profanus that is the City of London, was once a site that represents the antithesis of what … Continue reading →

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Posted in England (south), Holy Wells, Middlesex | Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Brigit, cailleach, druids, earth mysteries, England, Fleet Street, folklore, genius loci, goddess, heathens, Holy Wells, legends, London, medieval history, Middlesex, Mother goddess, myth, paganism, pagans, sacred sites, sacred springs, shamanism, St. Bride, traditions, water, Westminster | Leave a comment

Old Wife’s Stone, Batley, West Yorkshire

Posted on July 14, 2017 by megalithix

Standing Stone? (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – SE 2428 2329 Archaeology & History My first hint at the existence of this once valuable archaeological relic came as a result of me seeking out the history and folklore of some hitherto … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Standing Stones, Yorkshire, West | Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Batley, Bronze Age, cailleach, Calderdale, carlin, carling, Dewsbury, Earth goddess, earth mysteries, english heritage, folklore, geomancy, goddess, heathen, Heckmondwike, legends, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, neolithic, occult history, old woman, paganism, sacred sites, Standing Stones, traditions, West Yorkshire, witchcraft, witches | Leave a comment

Druim Mor, Callander, Perthshire

Posted on March 16, 2016 by megalithix

Standing Stone: OS Grid Reference – NN 63542 09721 – NEW FIND Getting Here Along the A84 Callander road, just going out on the east side of town, take the signposted road up and up and towards the car-park for … Continue reading →

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Posted in Perthshire, Scotland, Standing Stones | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, cailleach, Callander, earth mysteries, heritage, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, neolithic, Perthshire, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, Standing Stones, Stirling | 2 Comments

Wife with the Bratty Plaid, Balfron, Stirlingshire

Posted on December 11, 2015 by megalithix

Standing Stone: OS Grid Reference – NS 60027 91383 Getting Here Take the same route as if you’re visiting the small Carlin Stone (a few hundred yards further along): along the B822 road between Kippen and Fintry, stop at Balafark … Continue reading →

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Carlin Stone, Balfron, Stirlingshire

Posted on December 7, 2015 by megalithix

Legendary Stone: OS Grid Reference – NS 59553 91277 Getting Here Take the B822 road between Kippen and Fintry, stopping at Balafark farm. On the other side of the road, above the farm, take the track into the forest. Naathen…. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Sacred Nature, Scotland, Standing Stones, Stirlingshire | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Balfron, Buchlyvie, cailleach, carlin, Earth goddess, Fintry, folklore, heathen, Heathenism, heritage, Kippen, legends, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, neolithic, paganism, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, Standing Stones, Stirlingshire, traditions, witch, witchcraft | 2 Comments

St. Anne’s Well, Strathaven, Lanarkshire

Posted on October 19, 2015 by megalithix

Holy Well: OS Grid Reference – NS 7039 4438 Archaeology & History Long since lost it would seem, in a search for this legendary site over the weekend with Gordon, Aisha and Lara, I’m still not certain of the actual status … Continue reading →