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Tag Archives: Fife
St. Margaret’s Stone, Dunfermline, Fife
Cup-Marked Stone: OS Grid Reference – NT 10837 85060 Getting Here Take the A823 road out of Dunfermline south towards Rosyth. A half-mile before you hit the motorway roundabout, at the roundabout where Carnegie Avenue takes you east, turn west … Continue reading
Posted in Cup-and-Ring Stones, Fife & Kinross, Scotland
Tagged ancient monuments, ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, Dunfermline, Fife, folklore, healing, heritage, kingship, legends, neolithic, Petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, Queen Margaret, queens, Queensferry, Rosyth, sacred sites, saints, Scotland, St. Margaret, tourist attractions, traditions
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St. Finglassin’s Well, Kinglassie, Fife
Holy Well: OS Grid Reference – NT 22797 98814 Also Known as: Canmore ID 52894 St Finglassin’s Well St Glass’s Well Getting Here In Kinglassie village, from the Main Street follow Redwells Road and turn right where it forks and follow … Continue reading
Posted in Fife & Kinross, Holy Wells, Scotland
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, earth mysteries, Fife, Gleneagles, healing wells, Holy Wells, Kinglassie, medieval history, sacred sites, saints, Scotland, water
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Moonzie, Cupar, Fife
Cup-Marked Stone: OS Grid Reference – NO 34 18 Archaeology & History There are no previous literary references to this small portable cup-marked rock, relocated recently by Paul Hornby during one of his various antiquarian meanderings. Found in association with … Continue reading
Samson’s Stone, Waltonhill Farm, Craigrothie, Fife
Legendary Stone: OS Grid Reference – NO 36312 09667 Getting Here Travelling South along the A916 just past Craigrothie, turn right down to Chance Inn, and turn left at the T junction. and follow the road on to just past … Continue reading
Posted in Fife & Kinross, Miscellaneous, Scotland
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Craigrothie, devil, Fife, Giant Legend, giants, legendary stones, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, sacred sites, Samson, Samson's Stones, Scotland, Waltonhill, Waltonhill Farm
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De’il’s Stane, Waltonhill, Craigrothie, Fife
Legendary Stone: OS Grid Reference – NO 36304 09352 Also Known as: Devil’s Stone Getting Here Travelling South along the A916 just past Craigrothie, turn right down to Chance Inn, and turn left at the T junction. and follow the … Continue reading
Posted in Fife & Kinross, Miscellaneous, Scotland
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Craigrothie, Cupar, De'il's Stane, devil, Devil's Stone, Fife, folklore, Giant Legend, giants, heritage, Legendary Stone, Lomond Hills, sacred sites, satan, Scotland, traditions, Waltonhill
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Netherfoodie Cottage, Dairsie, Fife
Standing Stones (destroyed): OS Grid Reference — NO 4128 1769 Also Known as: Dairsie Stones Archaeology & History Recent archaeological investigations at the site which has become known as the Dairsie Hoard—where many pieces of broken Roman silverware were seemingly deposited in … Continue reading
Posted in Fife & Kinross, Scotland, Standing Stones
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, Dairsie, earth mysteries, Fife, heritage, history, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, neolithic, Osnaburgh, prehistoric sites, Roman archaeology, Romans, sacred sites, Scotland, silverware, Standing Stones
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St. John’s Well, Isle of May, Fife
Holy Well: OS Grid Reference – NT 65858 99107 Also Known as: Pump Well Archaeology & History This seems to be the only ‘St John’ dedication on the Isle of May: a small island littered with more saint’s names, seemingly, … Continue reading
Posted in Fife & Kinross, Holy Wells, Scotland
Tagged animism, Anstruther, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, christianity, Crail, earth mysteries, Edinburgh, Fife, Firth of Forth, hagiology, healing wells, heritage, historic Scotland, history, Holy Wells, Isle of May, midsummer, paganism, sacred sites, Scotland, St John, summer solstice, water
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St. Andrew’s Well, Isle of May, Fife
Holy Well: OS Grid Reference – NT 65375 99592 Archaeology & History In John Dickson’s (1899) fine work on the history and antiquities of the Forth islands, he describes a number of all-but-forgotten holy and medicinal wells that could be visited … Continue reading
Posted in Fife & Kinross, Holy Wells, Scotland
Tagged Anstruther, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Crail, earth mysteries, Edinburgh, Fife, Firth of Forth, hagiology, healing wells, heritage, historic Scotland, history, Holy Wells, Isle of May, sacred sites, Scotland, St Andrew, water
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Holy Well, Auchtertool, Fife
Holy Well: OS Grid Reference – NT 20813 90189 Also Known as: Canmore ID 52985 Getting Here Along the B925 road between Dunfermline and Kirkcadly, ⅔ of a mile (1.07km) west of Auchtertool village, go down the small track leading down to … Continue reading
Posted in Fife & Kinross, Holy Wells, Scotland
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Auchtertool, christianity, corpse routes, Cowdenbeath, death, earth mysteries, Fife, folklore, ghosts, healing, heritage, historic Scotland, history, Holy Wells, Kirkcaldy, sacred sites, Scotland, traditions, water
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Sheep Well, Isle of May, Fife
Healing Well (lost): OS Grid Reference – NT 654 993 Archaeology & History Wells that are dedicated to sheep are none-too-common—and this one on the remote Isle of May between Edinburgh and Fife only received its commemoration, tradition tells, not … Continue reading
Posted in Fife & Kinross, Holy Wells, Scotland
Tagged Anstruther, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Crail, earth mysteries, Edinburgh, Fife, Firth of Forth, healing wells, heritage, historic Scotland, history, Holy Wells, Isle of May, sacred sites, Scotland, sheep, water
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