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Little Almscliffe Crags, Stainburn, North Yorkshire
Legendary Rocks: OS Grid Reference – SE 23237 52275 Also Known as: Little Almes Cliffe Little Almias Cliff Crag Getting Here Coming from Harrogate, take the B6162 and B6161 road to Beckwithshaw, through the village and, 4-500 yards on, turn … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Sacred Nature, Yorkshire, North
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Brackenthwaite, druidism, druids, earth mysteries, english heritage, folk-lore, folklore, Forest of Knaresborough, geology, geomancy, Harrogate, heathens, history, Kirkby Overblow, legends, North Rigton, North Yorkshire, omphalos, paganism, Pannal, Petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, ritual magick, sacred sites, shamanism, Wharfedale
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Little Almscliffe, Stainburn, North Yorkshire
Cup-and-Ring Stone: OS Grid Reference – SE 23242 52260 Also Known as: Carving no.555 (Boughey & Vickerman) Little Almias Cliff Crag Archaeology & History When the great northern antiquarian William Grainge (1871) wrote of this place, he told that, “the top … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Cup-and-Ring Stones, Yorkshire, North
Tagged Almscliffe Crags, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Brackenthwaite, Bronze Age, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, earth mysteries, english heritage, Fewston, folk-lore, folklore, Forest of Knaresborough, geology, geomancy, Harrogate, heathens, history, Kirkby Overblow, legends, Lindley, neolithic, North Rigton, North Yorkshire, omphalos, paganism, Pannal, Petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, ritual magick, sacred sites, Sandwith Moor, shamanism, Stainburn, Wharfedale
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Witches Stone, St. Martin’s, Perthshire
‘Standing Stone’: OS Grid Reference – NO 15927 31609 Also Known as: Canmore ID 28628 Getting Here Going north-eastish from the city of Perth, take either the A93 or A94, turning west along the A93 a mile south of Guildtown, or east … Continue reading
Posted in Perthshire, Scotland, Standing Stones
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Balbeggie, Bronze Age, cailleach, earth mysteries, folklore, Guildtown, heritage, legends, MacBeth, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, moots, neolithic, Perthshire, prehistoric sites, ritual magick, sacred sites, Scotland, St. Martins, Standing Stones, Strathmore, Tayside, traditions, William Shakespeare, witchcraft, witches
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St. Conval’s Well, Eastwood, Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Holy Well: OS Grid Reference – NS 5519 6020 Also Known as: St. Ninian’s Well Archaeology & History This all-but-forgotten holy well was becoming nothing but a faded memory even in the middle of the 19th century. Excluded from all … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Carnwadric, death, divination, earth mysteries, Eastwood, folklore, Giffnock, Glasgow, Halloween, heritage, historic Scotland, Holy Wells, hydropathy, Lanarkshire, Mansewood, Pollockshaws, prophecy, ritual magick, sacred springs, saints, Scotland, Shawlands, St Conval, St Ninian, Thornliebank, 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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Backstone Circle, Ilkley Moor, West Yorkshire
Stone Circle: OS Grid Reference – SE 12605 46130 Getting Here There are many routes to get here, but this is the one I usually take. From Cow & Calf Rocks, walk up the steep hillside onto the first moorland … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Stone Circles, Yorkshire, West
Tagged alignments, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, earth mysteries, England, english heritage, folk-lore, folklore, Fortean, ghosts, ilkley moor, ley-lines, leys, megalithic, Megaliths, neolithic, occult, occultism, ritual magick, Rombalds Moor, Stone Circles, UFOs, West Yorkshire, Wharfedale
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St. Fillan’s Chair, Dundurn, Comrie, Perthshire
Legendary Rock: OS Grid Reference – NN 7081 2325 Also Known as: Canmore ID 24876 Dundurn Fillan’s Chair St. Fillan’s Bed Getting Here Not hard to find. Between the small towns of Comrie and St. Fillans along the A85 road, … Continue reading
Posted in Perthshire, Sacred Nature, Scotland
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Beltane, Bronze Age, Comrie, cup-markings, Dundurn, earth mysteries, folklore, forts, hagiology, healing, heathen, Heathenism, heritage, history, legends, Mayday, omphaos, paganism, Perthshire, Petroglyphs, petroglyphs, prehistoric sites, ritual magick, sacred sites, saints, Scotland, shamanism, St Fillans, St. Fillan, Strathearn
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Well of the Whooping-Cough, Killin, Perthshire
Legendary Stone & Healing Well (lost): OS Grid Reference – NN 579 323 Also Known as: Fuaran na Druidh Chasad Whooping Cough Well Archaeology & History The grid-reference given for this site is only an approximation based on the description … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Perthshire, Sacred Nature, Scotland
Tagged animism, antiquities, Archaeology, earth mysteries, folklore, heathen, Heathenism, herbalism, Holy Wells, Killin, legends, moss, mosses, paganism, Perthshire, ritual magick, sacred sites, Scotland, Scottish, shamanism, Tayside, water
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