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Old Wife’s Stone, Batley, West Yorkshire
Standing Stone? (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – SE 2428 2329 Archaeology & History My first hint at the existence of this once valuable archaeological relic came as a result of me seeking out the history and folklore of some hitherto … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Standing Stones, Yorkshire, West
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Batley, Bronze Age, cailleach, Calderdale, carlin, carling, Dewsbury, Earth goddess, earth mysteries, english heritage, folklore, geomancy, goddess, heathen, Heckmondwike, legends, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, neolithic, occult history, old woman, paganism, sacred sites, Standing Stones, traditions, West Yorkshire, witchcraft, witches
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Lady Well, Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Holy Well: OS Grid Reference – NS 60376 65323 Also Known as: Canmore ID 45037 Getting Here Get yourself to Glasgow Cathedral—wherein you’ll find St. Mungo’s Well—and walk down John Know Street. A coupla hundred yards down, across the road … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, cailleach, Glasgow, goddess, hagiology, healing, healing wells, heritage, Holy Wells, hydromancy, Lanarkshire, matriarchy, medieval history, saints, Scotland, St. Anne, water
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Allt na Ceardaich Knoll, Killin, Perthshire
Cup-Marked Stone: OS Grid Reference – NN 564 364 Getting Here Truly troublesome if you aint into walking. Many ways up, but the easiest has to be the zigzagging trackway up from the valley bottom just by The Green a … Continue reading
Posted in Cup-and-Ring Stones, Perthshire
Tagged Archaeology, Bronze Age, cailleach, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, Glen Lochay, goddess, heathen, Killin, myth, mythology, neolithic, Perthshire, Petroglyphs, petroglyphs, prehistoric sites, sacred mountains, Scotland
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Beinn na Cailleach, Broadford, Skye
Sacred Mountain: OS Grid Reference – NG 601 232 Getting Here Seems rather daft giving directions for a mountain, but… For incomers, cross the bridge onto the island and keep on the A87 road to Broadford. A couple of mile … Continue reading
Posted in Hebrides, Inner, Inverness-shire, Sacred Nature, Skye
Tagged Broadford, cailleach, creation myth, folk-lore, folklore, giants, goddess, Hebrides, holy well, Isle of Skye, Kali, legends, mythology, myths, old woman, sacred mountain, Scotland, spirit, supernatural
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Creag na Cailleach, Killin, Perthshire
Sacred Mountain: OS Grid Reference – NN 562 368 Also known as: Creag na Caillich Getting Here Another silly-sounding directional pointer! Get to the now tourist-infested town of Killin (best in Winter, when the town is quiet and you get … Continue reading
Posted in Perthshire, Sacred Nature
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, axe factory, axes, Breadalbane, Bronze Age, cailleach, earth mysteries, Glen Lochay, goddess, heathen, Killin, Loch Tay, myth, mythology, neolithic, Perthshire, sacred mountains, sacred sites, Scotland, Tayside, witchcraft, witches
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Old Wife’s Spring, Snaizeholme, North Yorkshire
Sacred Well: OS Grid Reference – SD 834 847 Getting Here From Hawes, take the B6255 road west-ish to Ribblehead, but only for 1km, where there’s the Cam Road track on your left. Walk on here, and keep going till … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Yorkshire, North
Tagged cailleach, folk-lore, folklore, goddess, Hag, Hawes, healing well, Holy Wells, legends, North Yorkshire, old woman, sacred sites, sacred springs, Snaizeholme, water, witch
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Bride Stone, Farnley Moor, North Yorkshire
Standing Stone: OS Grid Reference – SE 1991 4932 Getting Here From Otley go north straight over the river and upwards into the countryside for nearly two miles (past the TV mast on the right). As you reach near the … Continue reading
Posted in Standing Stones, Yorkshire, North
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bride, Brigantia, Brigit, Bronze Age, earth mysteries, english heritage, Fewston, folk-lore, folklore, goddess, megalithic, Megaliths, monolith, neolithic, North Yorkshire, Otley, paganism, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, St. Bride, Standing Stones, Washburn Valley
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Beinn na Cailleach, Islay, Argyll
Sacred Mountain: OS Grid Reference – NR 450 596 Also Known as: Beinn na Caillich Folklore Another great mountain of the ‘Old Woman’: primal creation deity of these hills. Whether she holds sway over the land here for many months, … Continue reading
Posted in Argyll & Bute, Hebrides, Inner, Islay (Isle of), Sacred Nature
Tagged cailleach, folk-lore, folklore, goddess, holy well, Islay, Kali, legends, old woman, sacred mountain, Scotland, spirit, supernatural
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