Tag Archives: midsummer

Dun Osdale, Dunvegan, Skye

Posted on June 30, 2018 by megalithix

Broch: OS Grid Reference – NG 24162 46424 Also Known as: Canmore ID 10832 Getting Here From the A863 Dunvegan road, a mile south of the village turn onto the B884 road at Lonmore, making sure you veer right after a few hundred … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brochs, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Skye | Tagged ancient history, ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, brochs, Duirinish, dun, duns, Dunvegan, faerie, fairies, folklore, Glendale, Highlands, Inverness-shire, Iron Age, legends, little people, midsummer, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, Scottish history, Skye, summer solstice, traditions | 1 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. Margaret’s Well, Edinburgh Castle, Midlothian

Posted on March 28, 2017 by megalithix

Holy Well: OS Grid Reference – NT 25084 73618 Also Known as: Canmore ID 52080 Getting Here Along the more western end of Princes Street, looking up at the castle, wander into the park below and walk towards the railway line. There’s … Continue reading →

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Posted in Holy Wells, Midlothian, Scotland | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, christianity, earth mysteries, Edinburgh, Edinburgh castle, healing wells, heritage, historic Scotland, Holy Wells, medieval history, midlothian, midsummer, sacred sites, saints, St. Margaret, water | Leave a comment

Colpy, Culsalmond, Aberdeenshire

Posted on March 5, 2017 by megalithix

Stone Circle (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NJ 6411 3261 Also Known as: Canmore ID 18272 Archaeology & History Just like the stone circle a half-mile east at Kirkton of Culsalmond, nothing now remains of this megalithic ring. It was first … Continue reading →

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Posted in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Stone Circles | Tagged Aberdeenshire, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, churches, Colpy, Culsalmond, Dunecht, earth mysteries, fairs, festivals, folklore, Garioch, heathens, heritage, historic Scotland, Kirkton of Culsalmond, megalithic, Megaliths, midsummer, neolithic, oral tradition, paganism, sacred sites, Scotland, shamanism, shamans, St Sairs, St Serf, Standing Stones, Stone Circles, summer solstice, traditions | Leave a comment

Newtyle, Dunkeld, Perthshire

Posted on June 10, 2011 by megalithix

Standing Stones: OS Grid Reference – NO 045 411 Also Known as: Doo’s Nest Druid’s Stones New Tyle Getting Here From Dunkeld travel southeast on the A984 road to Caputh and after about 1½ miles, set back a few yards … Continue reading →

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Devil’s Arrows, Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire

Posted on September 14, 2008 by megalithix

Standing Stones: OS Grid References – SE 3909 6653 Also known as: The Devil’s Bolts The Three Greyhounds The Three Sisters Getting Here Dead easy to find! Turn off the A1(M) at the A6055 Boroughbridge road and head into town. Turn left … Continue reading →