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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

Pitcur Souterrain (3), Kettins, Perthshire

Posted on June 24, 2018 by megalithix

Souterrain: OS Grid Reference – NO 2529 3738 Also Known as: Canmore ID 30539 The Cave Pitcur II (Wainwright) Getting Here From Coupar Angus, take the A923 road southeast for nearly 2½ miles where you reach the crossroads. Keeping walking along … Continue reading →

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Posted in Perthshire, Scotland, Souterrains | Tagged ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Coupra Angus, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, earth houses, fairies, fogous, folklore, heritage, Kettins, legends, little people, Newtyle, Perthshire, Petroglyphs, pictish, Picts, picts house, Pitcur, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, ritual, sacred sites, Scotland, shamanism, souterrains, weems | 4 Comments

Footprint Stone, Dunadd, Kilmichael Glassary, Argyll

Posted on October 19, 2017 by megalithix

Petroglyph: OS Grid Reference – NR 83668 93579 Also Known as: Canmore ID 212008 Getting Here From Lochgilphead, take the A816 road north for several miles (towards the megalithic paradise of Kilmartin), keeping your eyes peeled for the road-signs saying “Dunadd.” Turn … Continue reading →

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Posted in Argyll & Bute, Cup-and-Ring Stones, Scotland | Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Argyll, axes, Bronze Age, creation myths, Dalriada, Dunadd, earth mysteries, fairies, folklore, giants, heritage, Iron Age, Kilmartin, Kilmichael Glassary, kings, kingship, Lochgilphead, moots, neolithic, Ossian, Petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, ritual, sacred sites, Scotland, witchcraft, witches | 1 Comment

Leachd Nam Braoileag, Dull, Perthshire

Posted on July 11, 2017 by megalithix

Cup-Marked Stone: OS Grid Reference – NN 7526 5531 Also Known as: Canmore ID 25049 Archaeology & History If you take the path up to Schiehallion (the great hill of the faeries) from the car park near the Braes of Foss, just … Continue reading →

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Posted in Cup-and-Ring Stones, Perthshire, Scotland | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, Dull, earth mysteries, faeries, fairies, folklore, Fortingall, heritage, Kinloch Rannoch, Perthshire, Petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Schiehallion, Scotland | 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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Wells o’ Wearie, Duddingston, Edinburgh, Midlothian

Posted on July 24, 2016 by megalithix

Sacred Wells (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NT 2741 7241 Also Known as: Wells o’ Weary Well of Wery Archaeology & History The precise spot for these “wells” is difficult to say today with any certainty, which is unfortunate as … Continue reading →

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Posted in Holy Wells, Midlothian, Scotland | Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Arthur's Seat, Duddingston, earth mysteries, Edinburgh, fairies, healing, heritage, Holy Wells, medieval history, midlothian, poems, poetry, sacred sites, Scotland, traditions, water, witchcraft, witches | 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 →