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Tag Archives: creation myths
Blakey Topping, Allerston, North Yorkshire
Stone Circle: OS Grid Reference – SE 8719 9338 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 … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Stone Circles, Yorkshire, North
Tagged airts, Allertson, ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Blakey Topping, Bronze Age, creation myths, druidism, druids, England, geology, geomancy, giants, megalithic, Megaliths, neolithic, North Yorkshire, Pickering, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Stone Circles
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Blakey Topping, Allerston, North Yorkshire
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
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
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St. Patrick’s Stone, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire
Cup-Marked Stone (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NX 0010 5411 Archaeology & History Very little is known about this long-lost carving, whose primary information comes from the folklore records. Apparently it was found on a rock a short distance south … Continue reading
Posted in Cup-and-Ring Stones, Scotland, Wigtownshire
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Britain, Bronze Age, creation myths, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, folklore, Galloway, giants, Holy Wells, legends, miracles, myths, neolithic, petrification, Petroglyphs, Portpatrick, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, saints, Scotland, shamanism, shamans, Wigtownshire
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Footprint Stone, Dunadd, Kilmichael Glassary, Argyll
Petroglyph: OS Grid Reference – NR 83668 93579 Also Known as: Canmore ID 212008 Getting Here From Lochgilphead, take the A816 road north for several miles (towards the megalithic paradise of Kilmartin), keeping your eyes peeled for the road-signs saying “Dunadd.” Turn … Continue reading
Posted in Argyll & Bute, Cup-and-Ring Stones, Scotland
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Argyll, axes, Bronze Age, creation myths, Dalriada, Dunadd, earth mysteries, fairies, folklore, giants, heritage, Iron Age, Kilmartin, Kilmichael Glassary, kings, kingship, Lochgilphead, moots, neolithic, Ossian, Petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, ritual, sacred sites, Scotland, witchcraft, witches
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Ringstone, Torrisdale Bay, Farr, Sutherland
Legendary Rock: OS Grid Reference – NC 69128 61741 Getting Here Along the A836 road between Tongue and Bettyhill, turn down towards Skerray at Borgie Bridge for 1.8 miles (2.87km) until you reach the little information sign at the roadside. Walk … Continue reading
Posted in Sacred Nature, Scotland, Sutherland
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bettyhill, Borgie, creation myths, earth mysteries, Farr, folklore, geology, giants, heritage, legends, sacred sites, Scotland, Strathnaver, Sutherland, Torrisdale, traditions
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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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Robin Hood & Little John Stones, Whitby, North Yorkshire
Standing Stones (destroyed?): OS Grid Reference – NZ 9171 0952 Also Known as: Robin Hood’s Pillars Archaeology & History References to these old standing stones are scarce—at least in archaeology books anyway. Even the usually diligent masters of Burl (1993) … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Standing Stones, Yorkshire, North
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, creation myths, english heritage, folklore, Hawsker, legends, Little John, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, myth, mythology, myths, neolithic, North Yorkshire, prehistoric sites, Robin Hood, sacred sites, Standing Stones, traditions, Whitby
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Girdle Stane, Dunnichen, Angus
Cup-and-Ring Stone: OS Grid Reference – NO 52808 49737 Also Known as: Canmore ID 34662 Dunnichen 1 Girdlestane The Girdle Stane of Dunnichen Girdle Stone Getting Here From The Square in Letham village, go north up Auldbar Road and out of … Continue reading
Posted in Angus, Cup-and-Ring Stones, Scotland
Tagged Angus, animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, boundary stones, Bronze Age, cailleach, creation myths, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, Dunnichen, earth mysteries, folklore, Forfar, legends, Letham, medieval history, neolithic, paganism, petroglyphs, pictish, pictographs, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, Rescobie, Scotland, witches
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Gray Stone, Burley, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Legendary Rock: OS Grid Reference – SE 28659 34229 Also Known as: Giant’s Stone Getting Here Originally located at SE 28449 34364, the site is now to be found halfway along Westfield Road, where it meets up with Hollis Place, … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Cup-and-Ring Stones, Sacred Nature, Standing Stones, Yorkshire, West
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, boundary stones, Burley, creation myths, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, earth mysteries, England, english heritage, folklore, giants, Headingley, Kirkstall, Leeds, legends, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, myths, petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, Standing Stones, West Yorkshire
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Samson’s Stone, Crieff, Perthshire
Legendary Rock: OS Grid Reference – NN 82519 22021 Also Known as: Canmore ID 96866 Getting Here Tale the A85 road between Comrie and Crieff and, roughly halfway between the two towns, take the minor road south to Strowan (it’s easily … Continue reading
Posted in Perthshire, Sacred Nature, Scotland
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Comrie, creation myths, Crieff, earth mysteries, folklore, geology, giants, glacial erratics, heritage, legends, megalithic, Megaliths, Monzievaird, Perthshire, Scotland, Strowan, supernatural, superstition, Tayside, traditions
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