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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

Deil’s Cradle, Dollar, Clackmannanshire

Posted on September 15, 2013 by megalithix

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 →

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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 | 1 Comment

Adamnan’s Cross, Camusvrachan, Glen Lyon, Perthshire

Posted on August 16, 2012 by megalithix

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 →

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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 | 1 Comment

Carlie Craig, Blairlogie, Stirlingshire

Posted on October 7, 2011 by megalithix

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 →

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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 | Leave a comment

Duel Cross Hill, Grafton, North Yorkshire

Posted on January 13, 2011 by megalithix

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 →

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Posted in Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, Yorkshire, North | Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, burial mounds, death, devils, folklore, Grafton, legends, Marton, neolithic, North Yorkshire, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, tumuli, tumulus, Upper Dunsforth | Leave a comment

Devil’s Blue Stane, Crail, Fife

Posted on November 27, 2010 by megalithix

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 →

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Posted in Fife & Kinross, Sacred Nature | Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, Crail, devils, Fife, folklore, legends, megalithic, Megaliths, sacred sites, Scotland, witchcraft | Leave a comment

Devil’s Den, Clatford, Wiltshire

Posted on June 30, 2010 by megalithix

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 →

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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 | Leave a comment

Devil’s Dyke, Poynings, Sussex

Posted on March 29, 2010 by megalithix

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 →

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Apronful of Stones, Giggleswick, North Yorkshire

Posted on September 12, 2008 by megalithix

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 →

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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 | Leave a comment

Buckton Castle, Mossley, Lancashire

Posted on August 15, 2008 by megalithix

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 →