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Little Almscliffe Crags, Stainburn, North Yorkshire

Posted on May 4, 2019 by megalithix

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 →

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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 | 2 Comments

Little Almscliffe, Stainburn, North Yorkshire

Posted on May 3, 2019 by megalithix

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 →

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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 | Leave a comment

Pitcur Souterrain (3), Kettins, Perthshire

Posted on June 24, 2018 by megalithix

Souterrain: OS Grid Reference – NO 2529 3738 Also Known as: Canmore ID 30539 The Cave Pitcur II (Wainwright) Getting Here From Coupar Angus, take the A923 road southeast for nearly 2½ miles where you reach the crossroads. Keeping walking along … Continue reading →

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Posted in Perthshire, Scotland, Souterrains | Tagged ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Coupra Angus, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, earth houses, fairies, fogous, folklore, heritage, Kettins, legends, little people, Newtyle, Perthshire, Petroglyphs, pictish, Picts, picts house, Pitcur, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, ritual, sacred sites, Scotland, shamanism, souterrains, weems | 4 Comments

Overlee, Clarkston, Renfrewshire

Posted on March 2, 2018 by megalithix

Souterrains & Settlement (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NS 577 572 Also Known as: Canmore ID 43802 Archaeology & History This was an astonishing-sounding place, little-known beyond the pages of specialist historians. It has been described in modern terms as simply “subterranean structures”, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Renfrewshire, Scotland, Souterrains | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, Busby, Cathcart, Clarkston, earth mysteries, Eastwood, fogous, Glasgow, heritage, history, Iron Age, neolithic, prehistoric sites, Renfrewshire, sacred sites, settlements, shamanism, shamans, souterrains, Strathclyde, sweat lodges, underground houses, weems | 1 Comment

Jim Craven’s Well, Thornton, West Yorkshire

Posted on January 31, 2018 by megalithix

Sacred Well: OS Grid Reference — SE 0967 3251? Archaeology & History Another well with considerable supernatural renown was this little-known site near the old village of Thornton, on the western outskirts of Bradford. We’re not 100% sure about its … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Holy Wells, Yorkshire, West | Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, black dogs, Bradford, chalybeates, english heritage, folklore, ghosts, hauntings, healing, history, Holy Wells, phantoms, sacred spring, shamanism, supernatural, superstitions, Thornton, water, West Yorkshire | 3 Comments

Panorama Stone (227), Ilkley, West Yorkshire

Posted on January 26, 2018 by megalithix

Cup-and-Ring Stone: OS Grid Reference – SE 11466 47285 Also Known as: Carving no.101 (Hedges) Carving no.227 (Boughey & Vickerman) Rocking Stone Getting Here Come out of Ilkley/bus train station and turn right for less than 50 yards, heading left … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Cup-and-Ring Stones, Yorkshire, West | Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, carved stones, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, earth mysteries, England, english heritage, Ilkley, neolithic, Petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, ritual sites, rocking stones, Rombalds Moor, sacred sites, shamanism, West Yorkshire, Wharfedale | 1 Comment

St. Bride’s Well, London, Middlesex

Posted on January 20, 2018 by megalithix

Holy Well (covered): OS Grid Reference – TQ 3157 8111 Archaeology & History Close to the centre of that corporate money-laundering place of homo-profanus that is the City of London, was once a site that represents the antithesis of what … Continue reading →

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Posted in England (south), Holy Wells, Middlesex | Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Brigit, cailleach, druids, earth mysteries, England, Fleet Street, folklore, genius loci, goddess, heathens, Holy Wells, legends, London, medieval history, Middlesex, Mother goddess, myth, paganism, pagans, sacred sites, sacred springs, shamanism, St. Bride, traditions, water, Westminster | Leave a comment

Clach na Foinne, Glen Lochay, Perthshire

Posted on December 9, 2017 by megalithix

Legendary Stone: OS Grid Reference – NN 50 38 Also Known as: Clach an Dlogh Wart Stone Archaeology & History There is no written history of this site; only the quiet murmurings of a few locals whose families go back … Continue reading →

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Posted in Perthshire, Sacred Nature, Scotland | Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Breadalbane, folklore, Glen Lochay, healing stones, heritage, Killin, legends, magic, Megaliths, paganism, Perthshire, Scotland, shamanism, shielings, stones, superstitions, sympathetic magic, wart stones, warts, witchcraft | 1 Comment

St. Patrick’s Stone, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire

Posted on October 19, 2017 by megalithix

Cup-Marked Stone (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NX 0010 5411 Archaeology & History Very little is known about this long-lost carving, whose primary information comes from the folklore records. Apparently it was found on a rock a short distance south … Continue reading →

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Posted in Cup-and-Ring Stones, Scotland, Wigtownshire | Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Britain, Bronze Age, creation myths, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, folklore, Galloway, giants, Holy Wells, legends, miracles, myths, neolithic, petrification, Petroglyphs, Portpatrick, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, saints, Scotland, shamanism, shamans, Wigtownshire | 2 Comments

Colpy, Culsalmond, Aberdeenshire

Posted on March 5, 2017 by megalithix

Stone Circle (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NJ 6411 3261 Also Known as: Canmore ID 18272 Archaeology & History Just like the stone circle a half-mile east at Kirkton of Culsalmond, nothing now remains of this megalithic ring. It was first … Continue reading →