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Tag Archives: Clackmannanshire
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
Warlocks’ Tomb, Muckhart, Clackmannanshire
Tomb/s (lost): OS Grid Reference – NS 9928 9865 Archaeology & History A fascinating site that was described in Johnston & Tullis (2003) local history work on the parish of Muckhart. Amidst an area bedevilled with faerie, boggarts, ghosts and historical … Continue reading
Posted in Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, cairns, Clackmannanshire, death, Dollar, earth mysteries, ghosts, ghouls, Glen Devon, Heathenism, heathens, heritage, historic Scotland, medieval history, Muckhart, Ochils, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, tombs, tumulus, warlocks, witchcraft, witches, wizards
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Mineral Well, Dollar, Clackmannanshire
Healing Well: OS Grid Reference – NS 9855 9804 Also Known as: Dollar Chalybeate Spring Dollar Spa Vicar’s Bridge Spa Archaeology & History Somewhere hiding away above the north-side of the River Devon, just above the Vicar’s Bridge, a little-known healing … Continue reading
Castle Craig, Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire
‘Fort’ (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NS 9116 9769 Also Known as: Canmore ID 48294 Archaeology & History This ancient fort could once be seen in the ancient woodlands on the western side of the Mill Glen, above the village, going … Continue reading
Posted in Clackmannanshire, Hillforts, Scotland
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, brochs, Bronze Age, Clackmannanshire, dun, duns, forts, heritage, Hillfoots, Hillforts, Iron Age, Ochil Hills, Ochils, pictish, Picts, prehistoric sites, Romano-British, Scotland, Tillicoultry
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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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Tillicoultry House Carving, Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire
Cup-and-Ring Stone (lost): OS Grid Reference – NS 9240 9752 Also Known as: Canmore ID 48255 Archaeology & History A recent visit to try find this intricate carving—the only one of its kind in Clackmannanshire—proved unsuccessful, and so I add it … Continue reading
Posted in Clackmannanshire, Cup-and-Ring Stones, Scotland
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, burials, cairn circles, cairns, carved stones, Clackmannanshire, cup-and-rings, death, megalithic, Megaliths, neolithic, Ochils, Petroglyphs, petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, ring cairns, Scotland, Stone Circles, Tillicoultry
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Butter Well, Dollar, Clackmannanshire
Sacred Well: OS Grid Reference – NN 9610 0018 Getting Here Take the long uphill road to Castle Campbell and park up at the top. From here, bear to your right and walk up the footpath onto the hills. A … Continue reading
Posted in Clackmannanshire, Holy Wells, Scotland
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Castle Campbell, Clackmannanshire, Dollar, earth mysteries, faerie, fairies, folklore, healing, heritage, Holy Wells, hydromancy, legends, little people, medieval history, Ochils, Picts, sacred sites, Scotland, traditions, water
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