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Cloven Hoof Well, Shipley Glen, West Yorkshire
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
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
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Tods Stone, Monifieth, Angus
Standing Stone (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NO 486 339? Archaeology & History The only reference I can find about this site is in A.J. Warden’s (1880) massive survey of the county of Angus—previously called ‘Forfarshire’—where, in his discussion of … Continue reading
Posted in Angus, Scotland, Standing Stones
Tagged ancient sites, Angus, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, Dundee, earth mysteries, etymology, Forfarshire, heritage, megalithic, Megaliths, Monifieth, monoliths, neolithic, place-names, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, Standing Stones, Tayside
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Lady Well, Airth, Stirlingshire
Holy Well (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NS 89801 86524 Also Known as: Canmore ID 46862 Lady’s Well Spaw Well Archaeology & History Once to be seen flowing on the south-side of the Pow Burn below Airth Castle, all traces of … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged Airth, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, customs, Falkirk, folk-lore, folklore, healing, heritage, Holy Wells, hyrdomancy, Lady Well, medieval history, place-names, River Forth, sacred sites, sacred springs, saints, spas, St. Mary, Stirling, Stirlingshire, traditions, water, witchcraft
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Swithins Well, Rothwell, West Yorkshire
Healing Well (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – SE 3442 2686 Also Known as: St. Swithin’s Well Archaeology & History Highlighted in the fields on the south-side of Rothwell village on the 1854 OS-map, Swithin’s Well was, according to historian Andrea Smith … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Holy Wells, Yorkshire, West
Tagged ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Carlton, England, english heritage, healing wells, Holy Wells, Lofthouse, medieval history, place-names, Rothwell, sacred sites, saints, St Swithin, water, West Yorkshire
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Gilfeilzie Well, Alyth, Perthshire
Sacred Well (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NO 2675 5071 Also Known as: Well of Gilfeilzie Archaeology & History Long lost, this was a sacred well whose history has all but fallen away. Were it not for the historian James … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Perthshire, Scotland
Tagged Alyth, ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, healing springs, heritage, Holy Wells, medieval history, Perthshire, place-names, Ruthven, sacred sites, Scotland, water
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Staniston Hill, Stainburn, North Yorkshire
Standing Stone (lost): OS Grid Reference – SE 2522 5010 Archaeology & History This long-lost standing stone gave its name to the small hill between the geological giants of Little Almscliffe and Almscliffe Crags, ‘Staniston Hill.’ Described as early as the 13th … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Standing Stones, Yorkshire, North
Tagged alignments, Almscliffe, antiquarian, antiquities, archaeoastronomy, Archaeology, astroarchaeology, astronomy, Bronze Age, earth mysteries, Elmet, english heritage, etymology, Forest of Knaresborough, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, neolithic, North Rigton, North Yorkshire, place-names, Stainburn, Standing Stones
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Cockplay Well, Auchinloch, Lanarkshire
Healing Well: OS Grid Reference – NS 6438 6962 Archaeology & History The name of this site alone insisted that I bring it to people’s attention! If it was a healing well relating to its name, I wonder what it was … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Auchinloch, birds, Chryston, earth mysteries, etymology, Glasgow, healing wells, heritage, historic Scotland, history, Holy Wells, Lanarkshire, Muirhead, place-names, Robroyston, sacred sites, Stepps, water
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