Tag Archives: Firth of Forth

Castleton (2), Cowie, Stirling, Stirlingshire

Posted on April 21, 2019 by megalithix

Cup-and-Ring Stone: OS Grid Reference – NS 85494 88272 Also Known as: Castleton 9 (van Hoek) Getting Here If you’re travelling from Stirling or Bannockburn, take the B9124 east to Cowie (and past it) for 3¾ miles (6km), turning left at … Continue reading →

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Posted in Cup-and-Ring Stones, Scotland, Stirlingshire | Tagged Airth, animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, carved stones, Cowie, Crosses, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, eyes, Firth of Forth, heritage, neolithic, Petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, Stirling, Stirlingshire, symbolism | Leave a comment

St. John’s Well, Isle of May, Fife

Posted on May 19, 2017 by megalithix

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 →

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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 | Leave a comment

St. Andrew’s Well, Isle of May, Fife

Posted on May 18, 2017 by megalithix

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 →

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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 | Leave a comment

Mineral Well, Portobello, Edinburgh, Midlothian

Posted on March 24, 2017 by megalithix

Healing Well (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NT 314 735 Archaeology & History This was one of two medicinal springs that could once be found in old Portobello village. Like its companion Chalybeate Well nearly a mile northwest, in the early 19th century … Continue reading →

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Posted in Holy Wells, Midlothian, Scotland | Tagged animism, antiquarian, Archaeology, chalybeates, Duddingston, earth mysteries, Edinburgh, Firth of Forth, healing springs, heritage, historic Scotland, Holy Wells, medieval history, midlothian, mineral wells, Portobello, sacred sites, spa wells, water | 1 Comment

Sheep Well, Isle of May, Fife

Posted on January 18, 2017 by megalithix

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 →

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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 | Leave a comment

Bell Stane, Queensferry, Midlothian

Posted on March 29, 2016 by megalithix

Legendary Stone (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NT 1292 7840 Archaeology & History An intriguing site that needs adding to the Northern Antiquarian due to the foraging research of the Edinburgh historian Stuart Harris (1996). Although the Bell Stane has … Continue reading →