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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

Tumble Beacon, Banstead, Surrey

Posted on May 18, 2019 by megalithix

Tumulus: OS Grid Reference – TQ 2432 5902 Archaeology & History This ancient “bowl barrow” as the modern archaeo’s are wont to describe it, is a Bronze Age tumulus that has seen better days. But at least it’s still there … Continue reading →

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Posted in Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, England (south), Surrey | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Banstead, beacons, Bronze Age, cairns, death, english heritage, folklore, neolithic, place-names, prehistoric sites, round barrows, sacred sites, Surrey, tombs, toot hills, Tooting, tumluus, tumuli | Leave a comment

Bedford Hill, Tooting, Surrey

Posted on May 18, 2019 by megalithix

Tumulus (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – TQ 288 726 Archaeology & History This long lost prehistoric tomb is one of many that has fallen under the destructive hammer of the christian Industrialists in this part of the country. Located somewhere … Continue reading →

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Longbarrow Field, Timble, North Yorkshire

Posted on May 3, 2019 by megalithix

Cairn (lost): OS Grid Reference — SE 18 53 Archaeology & History Described in the Field Lore of Timble village by William Grainge (1895) are the names and short histories of some of the local place-names—with this in particular standing … Continue reading →

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Tods Stone, Monifieth, Angus

Posted on September 23, 2018 by megalithix

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 →

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Lady Well, Airth, Stirlingshire

Posted on September 18, 2018 by megalithix

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 →

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Swithins Well, Rothwell, West Yorkshire

Posted on September 4, 2018 by megalithix

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 →

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Gilfeilzie Well, Alyth, Perthshire

Posted on August 18, 2018 by megalithix

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 →

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Staniston Hill, Stainburn, North Yorkshire

Posted on January 12, 2017 by megalithix

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 →

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Cockplay Well, Auchinloch, Lanarkshire

Posted on December 27, 2016 by megalithix

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 →