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Katie Thirsty’s Well, Logie, Stirlingshire

Posted on April 17, 2019 by megalithix

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 →

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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 | 1 Comment

Mineral Well, Glen Lyon, Perthshire

Posted on April 12, 2019 by megalithix

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 →

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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 | 2 Comments

Aikenhead Farm, Blairgowrie, Perthshire

Posted on January 2, 2015 by megalithix

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 →

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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 | 1 Comment

Lady Well, Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire

Posted on January 10, 2014 by megalithix

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 →