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Pitcur Souterrain (3) – Carving 2, Kettins, Perthshire
Cup-and-Ring Stone: OS Grid Reference – NO 25289 37380 – NEW FIND Getting Here Follow the same directions as if you’re visiting the Pitcur (3) souterrain. Once here, you’re standing at the southernmost uncovered section of the monument, where one uncovered … Continue reading
Posted in Cup-and-Ring Stones, Perthshire, Scotland
Tagged aboriginal carvings, ancient sites, animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, carved stones, Coupar Angus, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, historic Scotland, Iron Age, Kettins, neolithic, Newtyle, Perthshire, Petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, souterrains, symbolism
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Airthrey Mineral Wells, Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire
Healing Wells: OS Grid Reference – NS 79504 97686 Also Known as: Airthrey Spa Airthrey Springs Bridge of Allan Spa Canmore ID 317260 Getting Here The old well-house is accessed easily. From the main road of Henderson Street (or A9), that … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bridge of Allan, copper, Dunblane, earth mysteries, healing springs, heritage, historic Scotland, Holy Wells, hydropathic, hydropathy, mineral wells, Ochils, spa wells, spas, Stirling, Stirlingshire, water
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Witches Stone, Pittensorn, Murthly, Perthshire
Cup Marked Stone: OS Grid Reference — NO 0851 3881 Getting Here Park up at Murthly village, follow the farm road west, opposite the Kinclaven junction up to the cross roads, and turn right and go past Douglasfield Farm, … Continue reading
Posted in Cup-and-Ring Stones, Perthshire, Scotland
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, buried treasure, Caputh, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, Dunkeld, folklore, historic Scotland, legends, Murthly, neolithic, New Dunkeld, Perthshire, Petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, spectral dogs, witchcraft
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Over Glenny (04), Port of Menteith, Stirlingshire
Cup-and-Ring Stone: OS Grid Reference — NN 56991 02834 Also Known as: Canmore ID 352014 Getting Here Along the A81 road from Port of Menteith to Aberfoyle, watch out for the small road in the trees running at an angle sharply … Continue reading
Posted in Cup-and-Ring Stones, Perthshire, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged Aberfoyle, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, cup marked stones, cup-and-rings, earth mysteries, historic Scotland, Lake of Menteith, Menteith hills, neolithic, Perthshire, Petroglyphs, Port of Menteith, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, Scottish history, Stirlingshire, whetstones
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Over Glenny (05), Port of Menteith, Stirlingshire
Cup-and-Ring Stone: OS Grid — NN 56993 02835 Getting Here Along the A81 road from Port of Menteith to Aberfoyle, watch out for the small road in the trees running at an angle sharply uphill, nearly opposite Portend, up to Coldon … Continue reading
Posted in Cup-and-Ring Stones, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged Aberfoyle, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, cup marked stones, cup-and-rings, earth mysteries, historic Scotland, Lake of Menteith, neolithic, Perthshire, Petroglyphs, Port of Menteith, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, Scottish history, Stirlingshire, whetstones
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Auchensalt, Thornhill, Stirlingshire
Broch: OS Grid Reference – NN 6533 0099 Also Known as: Canmore ID 24398 Easter Borland Keir Getting Here Take the A873 from Thornhill to Aberfoyle, and literally 1 mile west of Thornhill turn right up the track up and past Easter … Continue reading
Posted in Brochs, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, brochs, Bronze Age, duns, enclosures, fortress, forts, heritage, historic Scotland, Iron Age, Perthshire, Port of Menteith, prehistoric sites, Scottish dialect, Stirlingshire, Thornhill
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St. Peter’s Well, Houston, Renfrewshire
Holy Well: OS Grid Reference — NS 40764 67503 Also Known as: Canmore ID 43125 Archaeology & History Located on the north side of the village, in a field east of Greenhill Farm, this old Well was once (still is?) covered … Continue reading
St. John’s Well, Isle of May, Fife
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
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
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St. Andrew’s Well, Isle of May, Fife
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
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
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