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Spittal of Glenshee, Kirkmichael, Perthshire

Posted on October 18, 2018 by megalithix

Standing Stone: OS Grid Reference – NO 10865 70201 Also Known as: Canmore ID 29609 Getting Here Take to A93 road, north, between Blairgowrie and Braemar, keeping your eyes peeled many miles on, to turn left along the minor road as you … Continue reading →

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Posted in Perthshire, Scotland, Standing Stones | Tagged ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Braemar, Bronze Age, earth mysteries, faerie, fairies, Glenshee, heritage, Kirkmichael, legends, little people, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, neolithic, Perthshire, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, sith, Spittal of Glenshee, Standing Stones, traditions | 1 Comment

Dun Osdale, Dunvegan, Skye

Posted on June 30, 2018 by megalithix

Broch: OS Grid Reference – NG 24162 46424 Also Known as: Canmore ID 10832 Getting Here From the A863 Dunvegan road, a mile south of the village turn onto the B884 road at Lonmore, making sure you veer right after a few hundred … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brochs, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Skye | Tagged ancient history, ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, brochs, Duirinish, dun, duns, Dunvegan, faerie, fairies, folklore, Glendale, Highlands, Inverness-shire, Iron Age, legends, little people, midsummer, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, Scottish history, Skye, summer solstice, traditions | 1 Comment

An Sithean, Lawers, Kenmore, Perthshire

Posted on April 13, 2018 by megalithix

Legendary Hill: OS Grid Reference – NN 6806 3976 Getting Here Take the A827 road on the north-side of Loch Tay between Killin and Kenmore, and roughly halfway along you’ll find the tiny hamlet of Lawers. Go down into the hamlet … Continue reading →

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Posted in Perthshire, Sacred Nature, Scotland | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Breadalbane, earth mysteries, ethnology, faerie, fairy tales, Fearnan, folklore, heritage, history, Kenmore, Killin, Lawers, legends, Loch Tay, Perthshire, sacred sites, Scotland, sith, traditions | Leave a comment

Tobair na h-oige, St. Kilda, Outer Hebrides

Posted on May 21, 2017 by megalithix

Sacred Well (lost): OS Grid Reference – NA 100 000 Also Known as: Well of Eternal Youth Folklore An old story told in previous centuries by the indigenous folk of Hirta (St. Kilda) described a long-lost well that was thought to be an abode … Continue reading →

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Posted in Hebrides, Outer, Holy Wells, Inverness-shire, Scotland, St. Kilda (Isles of) | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Atlantic Ocean, earth mysteries, faerie, fairies, fairy tales, folklore, healing, heritage, Hirta, Holy Wells, Inverness-shire, legends, little people, Outer Hebrides, sacred sites, sacred wells, Scotland, St. Kilda, water, well of eternal youth | Leave a comment

Bogle’s Well, Glasgow, Lanarkshire

Posted on September 22, 2016 by megalithix

Sacred Well: OS Grid Reference – NS 597 650 Archaeology & History Of all the ancient wells in the city of Glasgow, this has to be one of the most intriguing! Descriptions of it are few and far between, but it is … Continue reading →

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Posted in Holy Wells, Lanarkshire, Scotland | Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, boggarts, bogles, earth mysteries, elementals, faerie, fairies, folklore, ghosts, Glasgow, goblins, healing springs, historic Scotland, Holy Wells, Lanarkshire, legends, little people, medieval history, sacred sites, sacred wells, Scotland, supernatural, water | Leave a comment

Fiscary (4), Farr, Sutherland

Posted on April 23, 2016 by megalithix

Cairn: OS Grid Reference – NC 72858 62620 Also Known as: Canmore ID 6437 Getting Here A mile east of Bettyhill on the A836 road, watch for the large piles of rocks up on the hill on your left (north). Turn … Continue reading →

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Posted in Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, Scotland, Sutherland | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, architecture, Bettyhill, Bronze Age, cairns, death, earth mysteries, faerie, fairies, Farr, folklore, geomancy, heritage, landscape archaeology, little people, neolithic, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, Strathnaver, Sutherland, Swordly, tombs, tumuli, tumulus | Leave a comment

Fairy Well, Logie, Stirlingshire

Posted on November 21, 2015 by megalithix

Sacred Well: OS Grid Reference – NS 8135 9804 Also Known as: Canmore ID 47123 Hielantman’s Well Highlandman’s Well Getting Here From Stirling, take the A9 to Bridge of Allan, turning right at the roundabout along the A907 for less than … Continue reading →

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Butter Well, Dollar, Clackmannanshire

Posted on October 6, 2015 by megalithix

Sacred Well: OS Grid Reference – NN 9610 0018 Getting Here Take the long uphill road to Castle Campbell and park up at the top. From here, bear to your right and walk up the footpath onto the hills. A … Continue reading →

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Fiscary (1), Farr, Sutherland

Posted on August 17, 2015 by megalithix

Chambered Cairn: OS Grid Reference – NC 73102 62629 Also Known as: Canmore ID 6445 Carn Chaoile SUT 29 (Henshall) Getting Here A mile east of Bettyhill on the A836 road, watch for the large piles of rocks up on the … Continue reading →

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Fiscary (2), Farr, Sutherland

Posted on August 14, 2015 by megalithix

Chambered Cairn: OS Grid Reference – NC 73112 62604 Also Known as: Canmore ID 6445 Carn Chaoile Getting Here A mile east of Bettyhill along the A836 road, watch out for the large piles of rocks up on the hill on … Continue reading →