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St. Patrick’s Well, Dunruchan, Muthill, Perthshire

Posted on April 13, 2018 by megalithix

Holy Well: OS Grid Reference – NN 77905 17365 Getting Here Take the B827 road between Comrie and Braco. If you’re coming via Comrie, going uphill for 3.1 miles (5.1km); but if from Braco Roman Camp go along and eventually downhill … Continue reading →

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Posted in Holy Wells, Perthshire, Scotland | Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Comrie, customs, Dunruchan, folklore, Glen Artney, heritage, Holy Wells, medieval history, Muthill, Perthshire, sacred sites, saints, Scotland, St. Patrick, traditions, water | Leave a comment

Ancient & Holy Wells of Edinburgh

Posted on August 24, 2017 by megalithix

Ancient & Holy Wells of Edinburgh by Paul Bennett Northern Antiquarian: Alva 2017. Kindle edition – 123 pages. Price – £3.99 This is the first detailed guide ever written on the holy wells and healing springs in and around the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Books & Reviews, Holy Wells, Scotland | Tagged Arthur's Seat, christianity, Colinton, customs, Duddingston, earth mysteries, Edinburgh, Edinburgh fringe, folklore, healing springs, Holy Wells, hydromancy, legends, Leith, Liberton, midlothian, myths, Pentland Hills, sacred sites, saints, Scotland, Scottish history, spa wells, tourist attractions, traditions, water | Leave a comment

Clach na Ba, St Fillans, Comrie, Perthshire

Posted on March 26, 2017 by megalithix

Legendary Rock: OS Grid Reference – NN 70318 24159 Also Known as: Stone of the Cattle Getting Here Along the A85 road at the east-end of Lochearnhead, head out of the village east towards Comrie. Just above the main-road, maybe 50 … Continue reading →

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Posted in Perthshire, Sacred Nature, Scotland | Tagged bulls, cattle, Comrie, cows, customs, drovers roads, earth mysteries, folklore, heritage, Highland cattle, historic Scotland, legendary rocks, Lochearnhead, medieval history, Perthshire, St Fillans, Strathearn, traditions | Leave a comment

Maypole, Hemswell, Lincolnshire

Posted on October 9, 2016 by noynafox

Maypole: OS Grid Reference – SK 92954 90947 Also Known as: English Heritage ID: 196736 Getting Here In Hemswell Village at the junction of Church Street and Maypole Street. History & Archeaology According to a 2010 report in the Scunthorpe … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Lincolnshire, Maypoles | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Beltane, customs, earth mysteries, english heritage, folklore, Harpswell, Hemswell, Lincolnshire, Mayday, maypoles, paganism, ritual dance, South Yorkshire, traditions | Leave a comment

The Maypole Tree, Little Paxton, Huntingdonshire

Posted on September 13, 2016 by noynafox

Maypole & Ritual Tree (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – TL 18831 62757 Getting Here The road layout of the village has changed since the destruction of the Tree, but its approximate position was on the north side of the present High … Continue reading →

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Posted in England (south), Huntingdonshire, Maypoles, Sacred Nature, Trees | Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Beltane, customs, England, english heritage, folklore, Heathenism, heathens, Huntingdonshire, Little Paxton, Mayday, maypoles, medieval history, paganism, ritual dance, sacred sites, St. Neots, traditions, Trees | 2 Comments

Bell Stane, Queensferry, Midlothian

Posted on March 29, 2016 by megalithix

Legendary Stone (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NT 1292 7840 Archaeology & History An intriguing site that needs adding to the Northern Antiquarian due to the foraging research of the Edinburgh historian Stuart Harris (1996). Although the Bell Stane has … Continue reading →

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Posted in Midlothian, Sacred Nature, Scotland | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, customs, earth mysteries, Edinburgh, fairs, Firth of Forth, folklore, heritage, markets, medieval history, megalithic, Megaliths, midlothian, monoliths, place-names, Queensferry, Scotland, Standing Stones, traditions | 3 Comments

Gomersal Maypole, West Yorkshire

Posted on December 11, 2014 by megalithix

Maypole: OS Grid Reference – SE 2068 2672 Archaeology & History As in countless villages and towns across the British Isles, Gomersal also once had its maypole near or at the village centre. We don’t know when the first maypole … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Maypoles, Yorkshire, West | Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Beltane, Birstall, Cleckheaton, customs, earth mysteries, english heritage, fertility, folklore, Gomersal, Mayday, maypoles, medieval history, paganism, pagans, sacred sites, traditions, West Yorkshire | 5 Comments

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 →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Holy Wells, Yorkshire, West | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Birstall, Bradford, Cleckheaton, customs, dialect, earth mysteries, english heritage, folklore, Gomersal, healing wells, Holy Wells, hydromancy, medieval history, Riding the Stang, sacred sites, springs, traditions, water, West Yorkshire | 3 Comments

Nanny’s Well, Chapel le Frith, Derbyshire

Posted on September 13, 2014 by pixyledpublications

Holy Well: OS Grid-Reference – SK 061 810 Getting Here To find Nanny’s Well, take B5474 out of Chapel and take the right hand turning called Crossings road (which goes to Chinley) which is before Frith view on the left. Continue until … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Derbyshire, Holy Wells | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Chapel-le-Frith, customs, Derbyshire, earth mysteries, England, english heritage, folk-lore, folklore, healing, history, Holy Wells, legends, water | Leave a comment

Martinsell Hill, Oare, Pewsey, Wiltshire

Posted on March 6, 2011 by megalithix

Hillfort: OS Grid Reference – SU 1764 6396 Also Known as: Martin’s Hill Archaeology & History The second highest of Wiltshire’s prehistoric camps or hillforts, Martinsell Hill was described as early as the 13th century as ‘Mattelsore’ and was known … Continue reading →

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Posted in England (south), Hillforts, Wiltshire | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, camps, customs, defences, Earthworks, enclosures, festivals, folklore, heritage, Hillforts, Iron Age, Kinwardstone, Marlborough, Oare, paganism, Pewsey, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, settlements, traditions, Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire, Wootton Rivers | 1 Comment

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