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Our Lady’s Well, Stirling, Stirlingshire
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
Posted in Holy Wells, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, beliefs, ceremonies, christianity, christians, cults, divination, ethnology, folklore, healing, heathens, heritage, Holy Wells, hydromancy, medieval history, paganism, peasants, Raploch, religion, rites, ritual, sacred springs, Scotland, Stirling, Stirlingshire, traditions, water
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Christ’s Well, Blair Drummond, Stirlingshire
Sacred Well: OS Grid Reference – NS 72919 98903 Also Known as: Canmore ID 46067 Fountain Head Getting Here Along the A84 Stirling-Doune road, watch out for the minor Cuthill Brae road to the caravan park. Go past the caravan place … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, beliefs, Blair Drummond, Bridge of Allan, ceremonies, christianity, christians, cults, divination, Doune, Dunblane, ethnology, folklore, healing, heathens, heritage, Holy Wells, hydromancy, Kilmadock, Kincardine, medieval history, Menteith, paganism, peasants, presbytarians, religion, rites, ritual, ritual magick, sacred springs, Scotland, Stirling, traditions, water, witchcraft, witches
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Witches’ Stone, Ratho, Midlothian
Cup-Marked Stone (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NT 1273 6973 Also Known as: Canmore ID 50366 Witch’s Stone Archaeology & History This fascinating looking carving (in my personal Top 10 of all-time favourites cup-and-rings in the UK!) was unfortunately destroyed sometime … Continue reading
Posted in Cup-and-Ring Stones, Midlothian, Scotland
Tagged airts, animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bonnington, Bronze Age, Burnwynd, cailleach, cromlechs, dolmens, earth mysteries, Edinburgh, folklore, geology, heritage, Linburn, Livingston, midlothian, neolithic, paganism, pagans, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, Ratho, religion, rocks, sacred sites, Scotland, spirit, stones, superstitions, Wilkieston, witch, witchcraft, witches
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St. Helen’s Well, Eshton, North Yorkshire
Holy Well: OS Grid Reference – SD 93096 56992 Also Known as: Helen’s Well Getting Here On the A65 road from Skipton to Gargrave, just at the eastern end of Gargrave, take the small Eshton Road running north over the … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Yorkshire, North
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, christianity, church, earth mysteries, England, english heritage, Eshton, Flasby, folklore, Gargrave, hagiography, healing, medieval history, memaws, North Yorkshire, paganism, religion, sacred sites, saints, St. Helen, traditions, water, Winterburn
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Benson Cursus, Benson, Oxfordshire
Cursus Monument: OS Grid Reference – SU 624 910 to SU 629 919 Also Known as: Crowmarsh Cursus Archaeology & History Any remains of this once sacred site are now beneath the airport between Benson and Ewelme, a couple of … Continue reading
Lesser Cursus, Larkhill, Wiltshire
Cursus Monument: OS Grid Reference – SU 105 435 Also Known as: Small Cursus Stonehenge Smaller Cursus Archaeology & History Just like its much larger companion, the Stonehenge Cursus earthwork a short distance to the south, this Lesser or Small … Continue reading
Stonehenge Cursus, Wiltshire
Cursus Monument: OS Grid Reference – SU 1094 4292 to SU 1370 4319 Also Known as: The Cursus The Greater Cursus, Stonehenge Archaeology & History Not far south of the smaller Lesser Cursus monument, this huge linear earthwork was the very … Continue reading
Posted in Cursus Monuments, Wiltshire
Tagged alignments, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, ceremonial, cursus, death, Durrington, earth mysteries, heritage, Larkhill, leys, neolithic, prehistoric sites, religion, ritual monuments, sacred sites, Salisbury Plain, Stonehenge, Wiltshire, Woodhenge
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Thornborough Cursus, North Yorkshire
Cursus Monument: OS Grid Reference – SE 285 794 Archaeology & History In the midst of the great henge monuments at Thornborough — specifically, the central henge — archaeologist Ian Longworth (1965) said there “was built …a still earlier structure … Continue reading
Spread Eagle Cursus, Aberllynfi, Breconshire
Cursus Monument: OS Grid Reference – SO 162 376 Archaeology & History It seems that very little remains of this site, and there is some doubt over its authenticity. Described in Alex Gibson’s (1999b) essay on the cursus monuments of … Continue reading
Posted in Breconshire, Cursus Monuments
Tagged Aberllynfi, alignments, antiquities, Archaeology, Belan, Brecknock, Breckonshire, Brecon, Breconshire, ceremonial, cursus, death, leys, neolithic, Powys, religion, ritual monuments, Three Cocks, Wales, Welsh
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