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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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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 | Leave a comment

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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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 | 1 Comment

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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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 | 1 Comment

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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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 | 2 Comments

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 →

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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 | 1 Comment

Pear Tree Well, Kelvinside, Glasgow, Lanarkshire

Posted on September 3, 2016 by megalithix

Healing Well (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NS 56728 67797 Also Known as: Canmore ID 164370 Three Tree Well Archaeology & History The demise of this old healing spring of water occurred a few generations ago by the look of things. Marked on … Continue reading →

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Posted in Holy Wells, Lanarkshire, Scotland | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, chalybeate, Glasgow, healing wells, heritage, historic Scotland, Holy Wells, iron-bearing spring, Kelvinside, Lanarkshire, pear trees, pears, place-names, River Kelvin, sacred sites, Scotland, tourist attractions, Trees, water | Leave a comment

Harlaw Stones, Balerno, Midlothian

Posted on July 28, 2016 by megalithix

Standing Stones (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – c. NT 178 655 Archaeology & History We are uncertain about the nature and form of what was once known to be “a group of five standing stones” near the destroyed giant cairn of Harlaw, west … Continue reading →

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Posted in Midlothian, Scotland, Standing Stones | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Balerno, Bronze Age, Currie, earth mysteries, Edinburgh, heritage, megalithic, Megaliths, midlothian, neolithic, place-names, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, Standing Stones, Stone Circles | Leave a comment

Tod’s Well, Comiston, Edinburgh, Midlothian

Posted on July 26, 2016 by megalithix

Healing Well (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NT 239 692 Also Known as: Three Foxes Well Archaeology & History A renowned site of once clear running water, the Tod’s Well got its name from being the abode of foxes many centuries ago. … Continue reading →

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Manor Farm, Bolnhurst, Bedfordshire

Posted on April 15, 2016 by megalithix

Hillfort: OS Grid Reference – TL 0849 5985 Also Known as: The Camp Archaeology & History This much disturbed Iron Age ‘hillfort’ is effectively a large enclosure of Iron Age origin, much ruined by farming and subsequent landscape alterations through … Continue reading →

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Posted in Bedfordshire, England (south), Hillforts | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bedfordshire, Bolnhurst, earth mysteries, enclosures, english heritage, Hillforts, Iron Age, Keysoe, place-names, prehistoric sites, Romano-British, settlements | Leave a comment

Bell Stane, Queensferry, Midlothian

Posted on March 29, 2016 by megalithix

Legendary Stone (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NT 1292 7840 Archaeology & History An intriguing site that needs adding to the Northern Antiquarian due to the foraging research of the Edinburgh historian Stuart Harris (1996). Although the Bell Stane has … Continue reading →

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Posted in Midlothian, Sacred Nature, Scotland | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, customs, earth mysteries, Edinburgh, fairs, Firth of Forth, folklore, heritage, markets, medieval history, megalithic, Megaliths, midlothian, monoliths, place-names, Queensferry, Scotland, Standing Stones, traditions | 3 Comments

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