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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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Deil’s Cradle, Dollar, Clackmannanshire
Legendary Rock: OS Grid Reference – NS 9686 9906 Also Known as: Devil’s Cradle Devil’s Rock Folklore Close to the legendary old Wizard’s Stone we find there’s a real cluster of witch-lore in this small area to the north of Dollar, … Continue reading
Posted in Clackmannanshire, Sacred Nature, Scotland
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Clackmannanshire, devil, devils, Dollar, folklore, heritage, history, legends, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, Ochils, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, satan, Scotland, Standing Stones, traditions, witchcraft, witches, wizards
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Adamnan’s Cross, Camusvrachan, Glen Lyon, Perthshire
Standing Stone / Cross: OS Grid Reference – NN 62537 47690 Also Known as: Eonan’s Cross Getting Here Take the road from Fortingall into the Glen. About 4 miles down, past the farmhouse of Slatich, then Craigianie, watch carefully as … Continue reading
Posted in Crosses, Perthshire, Scotland
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Breadalbane, christianity, Crosses, devils, earth mysteries, folklore, Glen Lyon, hagiology, healing, heritage, legends, medieval history, Megaliths, monoliths, Perthshire, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, saints, Scotland, Standing Stones
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Carlie Craig, Blairlogie, Stirlingshire
Legendary Rocks: OS Grid Reference – NS 816 970 Also Known as: Carla Craig Carlin Craig Witches’ Craig Getting Here If you’re coming from Blairlogie, a half-mile west of the village, take the B998 road to the university, but turn … Continue reading
Posted in Sacred Nature, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged animism, black dogs, Blairlogie, Bridge of Allan, cailleach, churches, comparative religion, devils, folklore, geology, history, kirks, legends, Nature, Ochils, paganism, pagans, Picts, Scotland, Scottish, shamanism, shamans, Stirling, Stirlingshire, witchcraft, witches
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Duel Cross Hill, Grafton, North Yorkshire
Tumulus (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – SE 426 634 Also Known as: Deuill Cross Hill Devil’s Cross Archaeology & History In Henry Smith’s wonderful Reliquiae (1852) on the history of Aldborough and district, this intriguingly named but forgotten site is … Continue reading
Devil’s Blue Stane, Crail, Fife
Legendary Rock: OS Grid Reference – NO 614 079 Also Known as: Devil’s Blue Stone Folklore This curious rounded boulder sitting outside the parish church was described by Alexander Polson in his survey of witch-lore. He told us that “when … Continue reading
Posted in Fife & Kinross, Sacred Nature
Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, Crail, devils, Fife, folklore, legends, megalithic, Megaliths, sacred sites, Scotland, witchcraft
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Devil’s Den, Clatford, Wiltshire
Cromlech: OS Grid Reference – SU 15209 69651 Also Known as: Devils Den Dillion Dene Getting Here When Pete Glastonbury brought us here, we walked east out of the Avebury stone circle and up the Wessex Ridgeway track. When you … Continue reading
Posted in Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, England (south), Wiltshire
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Avebury, Bronze Age, burial, chambered cairns, Clatford, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, death, devil, devils, english heritage, folk-lore, folklore, Fyfield, legends, Marlborough, neolithic, Petroglyphs, petroglyphs, prehistoric sites, tombs, tumulus, Wiltshire
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Devil’s Dyke, Poynings, Sussex
Hillfort: OS Grid Reference – TQ 260 111 Also Known as: Brighton Dyke Poor Man’s Wall Getting Here Plenty of ways of approaching this huge fella! Personally, I’d take it from the steep valley immediately east and north where the … Continue reading
Posted in England (south), Hillforts, Sussex
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Brighton, Bronze Age, cailleach, camps, creation myths, devils, dykes, enclosures, english heritage, folk-lore, folklore, fortresses, forts, Fulking, giants, hilllforts, Iron Age, legends, paganism, pagans, Poynings, prehistoric sites, Romano-British, Saddlescombe, settlements, Sussex, traditions
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Apronful of Stones, Giggleswick, North Yorkshire
Cairn: OS Grid Reference – SD 80652 66193 Also Known as: Scar Pasture Getting Here Paul, Danny and I came here via the Feizor village route, zigzagging about, to and fro, seeing the other old sites in the region; but … Continue reading
Posted in Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, Yorkshire, North
Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, burials, cairns, creation myths, death, devils, earth mysteries, Feizor, folk-lore, folklore, giants, legends, Megaliths, neolithic, North Yorkshire, prehistoric sites, ritual, sacred sites, Settle, Stackhouse, Stainforth, tombs, Yorkshire Dales
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Buckton Castle, Mossley, Lancashire
Hillfort: OS Grid Reference – SD 9892 0161 Archaeology & History This giant site—deemed as Iron Age by some and medieval by others—is on the verge of complete destruction as the adjacent quarrying company cuts closer and further into the … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Hillforts, Lancashire
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Brigantia, Buckton Vale, devils, english heritage, folklore, Hillforts, Iron Age, Lancashire, legends, Manchester, medieval history, Mossley, prehistoric sites, Romano-British, Stalybridge, Tame Valley
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