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St. Margaret’s Stone, Dunfermline, Fife

Posted on November 16, 2019 by megalithix

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 →

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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 | 1 Comment

Tun Well, Eccleshill, Bradford, West Yorkshire

Posted on September 20, 2018 by megalithix

Healing Well: OS Grid Reference – SE 1822 3593 Also Known as: Tunny Well Archaeology & History First mentioned in local history accounts from 1618—as the Tunwells—it was highlighted on the first OS-map of Eccleshill in 1851. Located on the aptly-named … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Holy Wells, Yorkshire, West | Tagged Airedale, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, black dogs, Bradford, earth mysteries, Eccleshill, England, english heritage, folklore, ghosts, hauntings, healing, healing wells, Holy Wells, legends, ley-lines, leys, sacred sites, Victorian history, water, West Yorkshire | 2 Comments

Lady Well, Airth, Stirlingshire

Posted on September 18, 2018 by megalithix

Holy Well (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NS 89801 86524 Also Known as: Canmore ID 46862 Lady’s Well Spaw Well Archaeology & History Once to be seen flowing on the south-side of the Pow Burn below Airth Castle, all traces of … Continue reading →

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Posted in Holy Wells, Scotland, Stirlingshire | Tagged Airth, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, customs, Falkirk, folk-lore, folklore, healing, heritage, Holy Wells, hyrdomancy, Lady Well, medieval history, place-names, River Forth, sacred sites, sacred springs, saints, spas, St. Mary, Stirling, Stirlingshire, traditions, water, witchcraft | Leave a comment

Red Well, Alloa, Clackmannanshire

Posted on June 8, 2018 by megalithix

Healing Well: OS Grid Reference – NS 87385 93435 Getting Here Along the A907 a mile west of Alloa and heading towards Tullibody, just before the roundabout across the road from the school fields, a small entrance takes you into … Continue reading →

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Posted in Clackmannanshire, Holy Wells, Scotland | Tagged Alloa, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, chalybeate wells, chalybeates, Clackmannanshire, folklore, healing, heritage, history, Holy Wells, hydromancy, sacred sites, sacred springs, Scotland, Scottish history, Tullibody, water | Leave a comment

Jim Craven’s Well, Thornton, West Yorkshire

Posted on January 31, 2018 by megalithix

Sacred Well: OS Grid Reference — SE 0967 3251? Archaeology & History Another well with considerable supernatural renown was this little-known site near the old village of Thornton, on the western outskirts of Bradford. We’re not 100% sure about its … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Holy Wells, Yorkshire, West | Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, black dogs, Bradford, chalybeates, english heritage, folklore, ghosts, hauntings, healing, history, Holy Wells, phantoms, sacred spring, shamanism, supernatural, superstitions, Thornton, water, West Yorkshire | 3 Comments

St. Patrick’s Well, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire

Posted on October 20, 2017 by megalithix

Holy Well (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NX 0010 5412 Also Known as: Canmore ID 60610 Archaeology & History This long-lost holy well was located on the southeast side of the town. It was highlighted on the first OS-map in 1849, but … Continue reading →

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Posted in Holy Wells, Scotland, Wigtownshire | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, christianity, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, folklore, Galloway, healing, heritage, history, Holy Wells, Ireland, myth, Petroglyphs, Portpatrick, prehistoric rock art, rock carvings, saints, Scotland, St. Patrick, superstitions, water, Wigtownshire | 1 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

Vicar’s Well, Musselburgh, East Lothian

Posted on April 17, 2017 by megalithix

Holy Well (destroyed): OS Grid-Reference – NT 3452 7264 Archaeology & History First mentioned in the Scottish Statistical Account of 1845, its name originates from being attached to the vicarage of nearby St. Michael’s church. Highlighted on the 1853 township … Continue reading →

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Posted in Holy Wells, Lothian, East, Scotland | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, dialect, East Lothian, healing, historic Scotland, Holy Wells, Inveresk, midlothian, Musselburgh, sacred sites, water | Leave a comment

Holy Well, Auchtertool, Fife

Posted on March 16, 2017 by megalithix

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 →

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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 | Leave a comment

St. Margaret’s Well, Old Pentland, Midlothian

Posted on February 20, 2017 by megalithix

Holy Well (covered): OS Grid Reference – NT 26388 66338 Archaeology & History Described in Hope & Telford’s (1813) rare work, this little-known holy well has escaped the attention of all surveyors since then. It was one of four sacred … Continue reading →