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Tag Archives: Scottish heritage
Katie Thirsty’s Well, Logie, Stirlingshire
Sacred Well: OS Grid Reference – NS 81787 97653 Getting Here Not too tricky to locate, as long as you get onto the right footpath! Take either road (both steep narrow and very bendy in places!) up from Logie on … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Blairlogie, Bridge of Allan, Dumyat, healing wells, history, Holy Wells, Katy Thirsty, King Drust, Logie, Ochils, pictish, Picts, Scottish heritage, Stirlingshire, water
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Mineral Well, Glen Lyon, Perthshire
Healing Well: OS Grid Reference – NN 72110 47768 Also Known as: Iron Well Getting Here From Fortingall village, head west and turn down into the incredible beauty that is Glen Lyon. As you enter the trees, a half-mile along … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Perthshire, Scotland
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Breadalbane, chalybeate wells, chalybeates, folklore, Fortingall, Glen Lyon, healing springs, Holy Wells, legends, mineral wells, Perthshire, sacred sites, Scotland, Scottish heritage, Scottish mountains, traditions, water
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Aikenhead Farm, Blairgowrie, Perthshire
Cup-and Ring Stone (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NO 143 430 Archaeology & History In John MacDonald’s History of Blairgowrie (1899), he describes a number of the prehistoric sites in the neighbourhood, including the cup-marked standing stone at nearby Glenballoch. … Continue reading
Posted in Cup-and-Ring Stones, Perthshire, Scotland
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Blairgowrie, Bronze Age, carved stones, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, heritage, Lethendy, neolithic, Perthshire, petroglyphs, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, Scottish heritage, Stormont, Strathtay, Tayside
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Lady Well, Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire
Holy Well: OS Grid Reference – NS 9112 9166 Getting Here From Clackmannan village centre (with its huge phallic stone), at the crossroads take the south road, Port Street. Walk on here for 100 yards or so and the aptly … Continue reading
