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Whin Well, Stirling, Stirlingshire
Healing Well (lost): OS Grid Reference – NS 7934 9412 Archaeology & History Shown on the 1858 map of the city, this ‘Well of the Gorse’ (from the old folk-name ‘whin’, or Ulex Europareus) on the northern side of the … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, gorse, healing wells, herbs, Holy Wells, medieval history, Scotland, Stirling, Stirlingshire, water, whin
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Borgie Well, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire
Sacred Well: OS Grid Reference – NS 64412 60194 Getting Here There must be an easier way to visit this site than the method I used. Which was: along Cambuslang’s Main Street (A724), turn up the B759 Greenlees Road for nearly … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Cambuslang, dialect, drugs, earth mysteries, etymology, fungi, healing, herbalism, herbs, heritage, historic Scotland, history, Holy Wells, Lanarkshire, magic mushrooms, medieval history, oracles, sacred sites, Scotland, shamanism, Vicarland, water, witches plants
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Marriage Well, Carmyle, Lanarkshire
Sacred Well: OS Grid Reference – NS 66765 62063 Getting Here Get onto the A763 road several miles east of Glasgow city centre and go along Gardenside Avenue onto the Carmyle estate. A few hundred yards on, turn right down Carmyle Avenue, … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Baillieston, Carmyle, earth mysteries, Glasgow, healing wells, herbalism, herbs, historic Scotland, Holy Wells, Lanarkshire, marriage ceremonies, medieval history, Old Monkland, ritual, River Clyde, sacred istes, Shettleston, sylvan, Trees, water
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Horse Well, Duddingston, Edinburgh, Midlothian
Healing Well: OS Grid Reference – NT 28198 72642 Getting Here Get to the Delf Well from Duddingston and keep walking along the lochside road for 60-70 yards, where you go through the black metal gate in the fence on … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Midlothian, Scotland
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Arthur's Seat, Duddingston, earth mysteries, Edinburgh, healing springs, herbalism, herbs, heritage, Holy Wells, horses, medieval history, midlothian, Scotland, Speedwell, water
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