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Little Almscliffe Crags, Stainburn, North Yorkshire
Legendary Rocks: OS Grid Reference – SE 23237 52275 Also Known as: Little Almes Cliffe Little Almias Cliff Crag Getting Here Coming from Harrogate, take the B6162 and B6161 road to Beckwithshaw, through the village and, 4-500 yards on, turn … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Sacred Nature, Yorkshire, North
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Brackenthwaite, druidism, druids, earth mysteries, english heritage, folk-lore, folklore, Forest of Knaresborough, geology, geomancy, Harrogate, heathens, history, Kirkby Overblow, legends, North Rigton, North Yorkshire, omphalos, paganism, Pannal, Petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, ritual magick, sacred sites, shamanism, Wharfedale
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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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Stone Hill Head, Allerston Moor, North Yorkshire
Standing Stone (missing): OS Grid Reference – SE 881 947 Archaeology & History A number of standing stones were reported by regional historian Robert Knox (1855) in his antiquarian work of this area, but forestry and vandalism has seen the demise … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Standing Stones, Yorkshire, North
Tagged airts, Allerston, Allerston Moor, ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, Broxa, druidis, druidism, England, english heritage, Fylingdales, geomancy, Goathland, megalithic, Megaliths, neolithic, North Yorkshire, Pickering, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Silpho, Stone Circles
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Wallace’s Oak, Larbert, Falkirk, Stirlingshire
Legendary Tree: OS Grid Reference – NS 847 836? Also Known as: Canmore ID 46875 Wallace’s Tree Archaeology & History The Wallace Oak was first recorded by name in 1687, when a legal contract was written agreeing to the destruction of much … Continue reading
Posted in Scotland, Stirlingshire, Trees
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Denny, druidism, druids, Dunipace, earth mysteries, Falkirk, folkore, Glenbervie, groves, historic Scotland, history, Larbert, legends, moots, oaks, Plean, Sir William Wallace, Stenhousemuir, Stirlingshire, Torwood, traditions, Trees
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Lund Well, Bingley, West Yorkshire
Sacred Well (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – SE 0973 4091 Archaeology & History Once found in a cluster of three little wells all very close to each other near the top of the field where the Crossflatts roundabout joins up … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Holy Wells, Yorkshire, West
Tagged Airedale, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bingley, Crossflatts, druidism, druids, earth mysteries, England, english heritage, etymology, history, Holy Wells, hydromancy, hydrotherapy, Keighley, paganism, place-names, Riddlesden, sacred groves, sacred springs, Trees, water, West Yorkshire
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Rocking Stone, Golcar, West Yorkshire
Legendary Rock (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – SE 076 163 Also Known as: Holed Stone Holy Stone Whole Stone Archaeology & History Like many old rocking stones, this was destroyed due to quarrying operations many years ago and sadly, I … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Sacred Nature, Yorkshire, West
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, druidism, druids, earth mysteries, english heritage, folklore, geology, Golcar, history, Huddersfield, Kirklees, Outlane, rocking stones, Scapegoat Hill, West Yorkshire
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Druid’s Oak, Caton, Lancashire
Legendary Tree: OS Grid Reference — SD 5297 6467 Also Known as: Caton Oak Fish Stones Oak Getting Here Dead easy! Near the western end of Caton village, right on the edge of the main road (A683) running through the village … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Lancashire, Trees
Tagged animism, Brookhouse, Caton, Caton-with-Littledale, druidic, druidism, druids, England, english heritage, folklore, heathen, Lancashire, market cross, monks, moots, oaks, paganism, polytheism, sacred site, sacred trees, traditions
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Rocking Stone, Rishworth Moor, West Yorkshire
Legendary Rock: OS Grid Reference – SD 990 150 Getting Here Simple: get to junction 22 on the M62 and take the Ripponden, Sowerby Bridge road. A c0upla hundred yards along, take the track on your right. Walk to the … Continue reading
Gull Stones, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Stone Circle (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – TG 524 035 Archaeology & History Several local history records describe there being a circle of ten standing stones in a field called ‘Stone-field’ or ‘Stone-piece’ – now covered by a housing estate … Continue reading
Posted in England (south), Norfolk, Stone Circles
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, druidism, druids, earth mysteries, english heritage, folklore, Gorleston-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, megalithic, Megaliths, Norfolk, Norfolk Broads, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Standing Stones, Stone Circles, traditions
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