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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

Ancient & Holy Wells of Edinburgh

Posted on August 24, 2017 by megalithix

Ancient & Holy Wells of Edinburgh by Paul Bennett Northern Antiquarian: Alva 2017. Kindle edition – 123 pages. Price – £3.99 This is the first detailed guide ever written on the holy wells and healing springs in and around the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Books & Reviews, Holy Wells, Scotland | Tagged Arthur's Seat, christianity, Colinton, customs, Duddingston, earth mysteries, Edinburgh, Edinburgh fringe, folklore, healing springs, Holy Wells, hydromancy, legends, Leith, Liberton, midlothian, myths, Pentland Hills, sacred sites, saints, Scotland, Scottish history, spa wells, tourist attractions, traditions, water | Leave a comment

Silver Well, Shouldham, Norfolk

Posted on November 17, 2016 by megalithix

Holy Well (destroyed?): OS Grid Reference – TF 6753 0817 Archaeology & History Once found in the small woodland known as the High Plantation, this holy well has, seemingly, long since fallen back to Earth. Mary Manning (1994) included it in her … Continue reading →

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Posted in England (south), Holy Wells, Norfolk | Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, devil, earth mysteries, english heritage, Fincham, folklore, healing springs, Holy Wells, hydromancy, legends, medieval history, Norfolk, sacred sites, Shouldham, Stradsett, traditions, treasure legends, water | Leave a comment

Physic Well, North Kelvin, Glasgow, Lanarkshire

Posted on September 4, 2016 by megalithix

Healing Well (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NS 5805 6728 Archaeology & History Any site named as a ‘Physic Well’ anywhere in Britain is, by definition, a spring of water renowned for its medicinal properties. Nowadays however, at this and other sites with the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Holy Wells, Lanarkshire, Scotland | Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Barony, boundary perambulations, earth mysteries, folklore, Glasgow, healing wells, heritage, historic Scotland, Holy Wells, hydromancy, Lanarkshire, Maryhill, medieval history, perambulations, sacred sites, traditions, water | Leave a comment

Priest’s Well, Tullibody, Clackmannanshire

Posted on February 25, 2016 by megalithix

Holy Well: OS Grid Reference – NS 86069 95324 Also Known as: Canmore ID 47056 Getting Here Along the A907 Stirling to Alloa road, turn onto the B9096 through Tullibody, turning up Menstrie Road until, on your right, you reach … Continue reading →

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Posted in Clackmannanshire, Holy Wells, Scotland | Tagged Alloa, Alva, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Clackmannanshire, earth mysteries, folklore, heritage, Holy Wells, hydromancy, medieval history, Ochils, sacred sites, Scotland, traditions, Tullibody, water | Leave a comment

St. Murdoch’s Well, Brechin, Angus

Posted on February 22, 2016 by megalithix

Holy Well: OS Grid Reference – NO 5840 5682 Also Known as: Canmore ID 34760 Getting Here The well is situated at the roadside on a grassed area at West Drum Cottages, to the east of the minor road from … Continue reading →

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Posted in Angus, Holy Wells, Scotland | Tagged Angus, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Brechin, christianity, earth mysteries, healing, heritage, Holy Wells, hydromancy, medieval history, saints, Scotland, water | 3 Comments

Lady Well, Leeds, West Yorkshire

Posted on January 13, 2016 by megalithix

Holy Well (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – SE 3060 3373 Archaeology & History Deep in the industrial centre of Leeds, not far from the main bus station, could once be found one of Yorkshire’s many ‘Lady Wells’. The great historian … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Holy Wells, Yorkshire, West | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, earth mysteries, England, english heritage, healing springs, Holy Wells, hydromancy, Leeds, medieval history, sacred sites, sacred springs, water, West Yorkshire | Leave a comment

Lund Well, Bingley, West Yorkshire

Posted on January 8, 2016 by megalithix

Sacred Well (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – SE 0973 4091 Archaeology & History Once found in a cluster of three little wells all very close to each other near the top of the field where the Crossflatts roundabout joins up … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Holy Wells, Yorkshire, West | Tagged Airedale, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bingley, Crossflatts, druidism, druids, earth mysteries, England, english heritage, etymology, history, Holy Wells, hydromancy, hydrotherapy, Keighley, paganism, place-names, Riddlesden, sacred groves, sacred springs, Trees, water, West Yorkshire | 1 Comment

Our Lady’s Well, Stirling, Stirlingshire

Posted on December 10, 2015 by megalithix

Holy Well (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NS 7932 9454 Also Known as: Whiskey Well Whusky Well Archaeology & History Once found beneath the northern foot of Gowan Hill, below the old hillfort and close to Stirling’s famous castle, the … Continue reading →

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Chapel Well, Cambusbarron, Stirlingshire

Posted on December 10, 2015 by megalithix

Holy Well: OS Grid Reference – NS 7781 9251 Also Known as: Bruce’s Well Canmore ID 46248 Christ’s Well Getting Here Along the Main Street in Cambusbarron, walk down Mill Hill for a hundred yards or so, to The Brae. Just … Continue reading →

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