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Airthrey Mineral Wells, Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire

Posted on March 21, 2018 by megalithix

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 →

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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 | Leave a comment

Witches Stone, Pittensorn, Murthly, Perthshire

Posted on September 27, 2017 by noynafox

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 →

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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 | Leave a comment

Over Glenny (04), Port of Menteith, Stirlingshire

Posted on September 16, 2017 by megalithix

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 →

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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 | Leave a comment

Over Glenny (05), Port of Menteith, Stirlingshire

Posted on September 6, 2017 by megalithix

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 →

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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 | 1 Comment

Holy Well, Cambusbarron, Stirlingshire

Posted on June 29, 2017 by megalithix

Holy Well (destroyed?): OS Grid Reference – NS 7787 9252? Archaeology & History A small but ancient chapel once existed in Cambusbarron, long ago, located about one hundred yards east of the Chapel or Christ’s Well. William Drysdale (1904) told that, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Holy Wells, Scotland, Stirlingshire | Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Cambusbarron, earth mysteries, healing springs, heritage, historic Scotland, Holy Wells, sacred sites, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Touch, water | Leave a comment

Auchensalt, Thornhill, Stirlingshire

Posted on June 26, 2017 by megalithix

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 →

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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 | 2 Comments

St. Peter’s Well, Houston, Renfrewshire

Posted on June 5, 2017 by megalithix

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 →

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Posted in Holy Wells, Renfrewshire, Scotland | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, christianity, christians, earth mysteries, Glasgow, hagiology, healing wells, heritage, historic Scotland, Holy Wells, Houston, medieval history, Renfrewshire, sacred sites, St Peter, water | Leave a comment

St. John’s Well, Isle of May, Fife

Posted on May 19, 2017 by megalithix

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 →

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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 | Leave a comment

St. Andrew’s Well, Isle of May, Fife

Posted on May 18, 2017 by megalithix

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 →

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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 | Leave a comment

Warlocks’ Tomb, Muckhart, Clackmannanshire

Posted on May 18, 2017 by megalithix

Tomb/s (lost): OS Grid Reference – NS 9928 9865 Archaeology & History A fascinating site that was described in Johnston & Tullis (2003) local history work on the parish of Muckhart. Amidst an area bedevilled with faerie, boggarts, ghosts and historical … Continue reading →

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Posted in Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, Clackmannanshire, Scotland | Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, cairns, Clackmannanshire, death, Dollar, earth mysteries, ghosts, ghouls, Glen Devon, Heathenism, heathens, heritage, historic Scotland, medieval history, Muckhart, Ochils, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, tombs, tumulus, warlocks, witchcraft, witches, wizards | 3 Comments

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