Tag Archives: Holy Wells

The New Northern Antiquarian

Posted on January 22, 2020 by megalithix

Subscribers will all have noticed that I’ve hardly been adding any site-profiles over the last year. I can only apologise for this. The reasons for this are simple: I’ve been working on upgrading the blog into a website — which … Continue reading →

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Posted in About TNA | Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, chambered cairns, cup-and-rings, Cursus Monuments, England, english heritage, folklore, geomancy, Holy Wells, Ireland, Petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, Standing Stones, Stone Circles, stone crosses, the northern antiquarian, traditions, Wales | 3 Comments

Cloven Hoof Well, Shipley Glen, West Yorkshire

Posted on June 10, 2019 by megalithix

Sacred Well: OS Grid Reference – SE 12839 39331 Also Known as: Raygate Well Getting Here On the roadside at Shipley Glen, from Brackenhall Circle walk up for about 250 yards, where you’ll notice the land dips as it drops … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Holy Wells, Yorkshire, West | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Baildon, devil, earth mysteries, England, english heritage, folklore, geology, Gilstead, healing wells, Holy Wells, place-names, Saltaire, Shipley Glen, water, West Yorkshire | Leave a comment

Holy Well, Baildon, West Yorkshire

Posted on June 1, 2019 by megalithix

Holy Well (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – SE 1609 3961 Archaeology & History This site is all but unknown to the great majority of folk in Baildon, and even some of the local historians have let it slip from their … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Holy Wells, Yorkshire, West | Tagged Airedale, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Baildon, black dogs, England, english heritage, folklore, ghosts, hauntings, healing wells, Holy Wells, medieval history, sacred sites, shipley, traditions, water, West Yorkshire | 6 Comments

St. Peter’s Well, Leeds, West Yorkshire

Posted on May 16, 2019 by megalithix

Holy Well (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – SE 308 336 Archaeology & History This is one of three wells that were dedicated to St Peter in the Leeds district. The first of them, near the city centre, was described by the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Holy Wells, Yorkshire, West | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, christianity, earth mysteries, England, english heritage, healing wells, Holy Wells, Leeds, medieval history, Quarry Hill, sacred sites, saints, St Peter, water, West Yorkshire | 1 Comment

Katie Thirsty’s Well, Logie, Stirlingshire

Posted on April 17, 2019 by megalithix

Sacred Well: OS Grid Reference – NS 81787 97653 Getting Here Not too tricky to locate, as long as you get onto the right footpath! Take either road (both steep narrow and very bendy in places!) up from Logie on … Continue reading →

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Posted in Holy Wells, Scotland, Stirlingshire | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Blairlogie, Bridge of Allan, Dumyat, healing wells, history, Holy Wells, Katy Thirsty, King Drust, Logie, Ochils, pictish, Picts, Scottish heritage, Stirlingshire, water | 1 Comment

Mineral Well, Glen Lyon, Perthshire

Posted on April 12, 2019 by megalithix

Healing Well: OS Grid Reference – NN 72110 47768 Also Known as: Iron Well Getting Here From Fortingall village, head west and turn down into the incredible beauty that is Glen Lyon. As you enter the trees, a half-mile along … Continue reading →

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Posted in Holy Wells, Perthshire, Scotland | Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Breadalbane, chalybeate wells, chalybeates, folklore, Fortingall, Glen Lyon, healing springs, Holy Wells, legends, mineral wells, Perthshire, sacred sites, Scotland, Scottish heritage, Scottish mountains, traditions, water | 2 Comments

Whin Well, Stirling, Stirlingshire

Posted on January 8, 2019 by megalithix

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 →

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Posted in Holy Wells, Scotland, Stirlingshire | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, gorse, healing wells, herbs, Holy Wells, medieval history, Scotland, Stirling, Stirlingshire, water, whin | Leave a comment

Lady Well, Tibbermore, Perthshire

Posted on December 22, 2018 by noynafox

Holy Well (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NO 05190 23479 Also Known as: Canmore ID 26862 St Mary’s Well Getting Here Approaching Tibbermore from Huntingtower, turn left in the village and the site of the Lady Well is visible in … Continue reading →

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Posted in Holy Wells, Perthshire, Scotland | Tagged Bishopric of Dunkeld, Holy Wells, Lady Well, Perthshire, sacred sites, Scotland, St Mary's Well, Tibbermore | Leave a comment

St. Finglassin’s Well, Kinglassie, Fife

Posted on December 16, 2018 by noynafox

Holy Well: OS Grid Reference – NT 22797 98814 Also Known as: Canmore ID 52894 St Finglassin’s Well St Glass’s Well Getting Here In Kinglassie village, from the Main Street follow Redwells Road and turn right where it forks and follow … Continue reading →

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Posted in Fife & Kinross, Holy Wells, Scotland | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, earth mysteries, Fife, Gleneagles, healing wells, Holy Wells, Kinglassie, medieval history, sacred sites, saints, Scotland, water | 2 Comments

St. Blane’s Well, Dunblane, Stirlingshire

Posted on November 4, 2018 by megalithix

Holy Well (lost): OS Grid Reference –NN 781 015 Also Known as: Bruce’s Well Archaeology & history Very little is known about this long-lost site, mentioned just once in Alexander Barty’s (1944) standard history book on Dunblane. Its exact location … Continue reading →