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Cloven Hoof Well, Shipley Glen, West Yorkshire

Posted on June 10, 2019 by megalithix

Sacred Well: OS Grid Reference – SE 12839 39331 Also Known as: Raygate Well Getting Here On the roadside at Shipley Glen, from Brackenhall Circle walk up for about 250 yards, where you’ll notice the land dips as it drops … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Holy Wells, Yorkshire, West | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Baildon, devil, earth mysteries, England, english heritage, folklore, geology, Gilstead, healing wells, Holy Wells, place-names, Saltaire, Shipley Glen, water, West Yorkshire | Leave a comment

Little Almscliffe, Stainburn, North Yorkshire

Posted on May 3, 2019 by megalithix

Cup-and-Ring Stone: OS Grid Reference – SE 23242 52260 Also Known as: Carving no.555 (Boughey & Vickerman) Little Almias Cliff Crag Archaeology & History When the great northern antiquarian William Grainge (1871) wrote of this place, he told that, “the top … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Cup-and-Ring Stones, Yorkshire, North | Tagged Almscliffe Crags, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Brackenthwaite, Bronze Age, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, earth mysteries, english heritage, Fewston, folk-lore, folklore, Forest of Knaresborough, geology, geomancy, Harrogate, heathens, history, Kirkby Overblow, legends, Lindley, neolithic, North Rigton, North Yorkshire, omphalos, paganism, Pannal, Petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, ritual magick, sacred sites, Sandwith Moor, shamanism, Stainburn, Wharfedale | Leave a comment

Clochoderick Stone, Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire

Posted on January 29, 2019 by megalithix

Rocking Stone: OS Grid Reference – NS 37363 61280 Also Known as: Canmore ID 42329 Archaeology & History On the outer southern edge of Kilbarchan parish—right near the ancient boundary line itself—this giant stone of the druids is seems to be well-known … Continue reading →

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Posted in Renfrewshire, Sacred Nature, Scotland | Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, boundaries, druids, folklore, geology, geophysics, heritage, Howwood, Kilbarchan, lava, legendary rocks, legends, Lochwinnoch, myths, prophecy, Renfrewshire, ritual magick, rocking stones, sacred sites, Scotland, traditions | 1 Comment

Blakey Topping, Allerston, North Yorkshire

Posted on June 17, 2018 by megalithix

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 →

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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 | Leave a comment

Blakey Topping, Allerston, North Yorkshire

Posted on June 16, 2018 by megalithix

Sacred Hill: OS Grid Reference – SE 8731 9377 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 the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Sacred Nature, Yorkshire, North | Tagged aborigines, airts, Allerston, animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, cailleach, creation myths, devils, England, english heritage, folklore, geology, giants, Heathenism, hills, holy hills, legends, North Yorkshire, omphalos, sacred mountains, superstitions | 1 Comment

Ringstone, Torrisdale Bay, Farr, Sutherland

Posted on April 12, 2017 by megalithix

Legendary Rock: OS Grid Reference – NC 69128 61741 Getting Here Along the A836 road between Tongue and Bettyhill, turn down towards Skerray at Borgie Bridge for 1.8 miles (2.87km) until you reach the little information sign at the roadside. Walk … Continue reading →

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Posted in Sacred Nature, Scotland, Sutherland | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bettyhill, Borgie, creation myths, earth mysteries, Farr, folklore, geology, giants, heritage, legends, sacred sites, Scotland, Strathnaver, Sutherland, Torrisdale, traditions | 4 Comments

Leckie Broch Carving (02), Gargunnock, Stirlingshire

Posted on February 7, 2017 by megalithix

Cup-and-Ring Stone: OS Grid Reference – NS 6926 9399 Getting Here Take the A811 road between Stirling and Kippen and go up into Gargunnock, From the village centre, go along the Leckie Road (not the Main Street!) for half-a-mile, then turn … Continue reading →

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Posted in Cup-and-Ring Stones, Midlothian, Scotland | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, brochs, Bronze Age, carved stones, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, Gargunnock, geology, heritage, historic Scotland, Iron Age, Kippen, neolithic, Petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, sacred sites, sandstone, Stirlingshire, symbolism | Leave a comment

Kirk Stones, Morton Moor, West Yorkshire

Posted on February 19, 2016 by megalithix

Legendary Rocks (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – SE 089 448 Archaeology & History A place-name that is still recognised on modern Ordnance Survey maps, even though the original site giving rise to it was all but destroyed some one hundred-and-fifty … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Sacred Nature, Yorkshire, West | Tagged Airedale, animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bingley, druids, England, geology, Keighley, legendary sites, Morton Moor, place-names, Riddlesden, Rombalds Moor, sacred sites, West Morton, West Yorkshire | Leave a comment

Samson’s Stone, Crieff, Perthshire

Posted on August 31, 2015 by megalithix

Legendary Rock: OS Grid Reference – NN 82519 22021 Also Known as: Canmore ID 96866 Getting Here Tale the A85 road between Comrie and Crieff and, roughly halfway between the two towns, take the minor road south to Strowan (it’s easily … Continue reading →

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Posted in Perthshire, Sacred Nature, Scotland | Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Comrie, creation myths, Crieff, earth mysteries, folklore, geology, giants, glacial erratics, heritage, legends, megalithic, Megaliths, Monzievaird, Perthshire, Scotland, Strowan, supernatural, superstition, Tayside, traditions | Leave a comment

Heatheryhaugh, Bendochy, Perthshire

Posted on December 29, 2014 by megalithix

Cup-and-Ring Stone: OS Grid Reference – NO 19639 51153 Also Known as: Canmore ID 29141 Mains of Creuchie Getting Here Take the A93 road north out of Blairgowrie for 5 miles or so to the Bridge of Cally, making sure … Continue reading →

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Posted in Cup-and-Ring Stones, Perthshire, Scotland | Tagged Alyth, animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bendochy, Bronze Age, carved stones, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, earth mysteries, Forest of Alyth, geology, Glen Shee, heritage, neolithic, Perthshire, petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, sacred sites, Scotland | Leave a comment

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