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Spa Well, Davidson’s Mains, Edinburgh, Midlothian

Posted on March 22, 2017 by megalithix

Healing Well: OS Grid Reference – NT 2049 7524 Also Known as: Spaw Well Well of Spaw Getting Here From the west end of Prince Street in Edinburgh central, take the (A90) Queensferry Road. Go along here for 2.2 miles (3.5km) where … Continue reading →

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Posted in Holy Wells, Midlothian, Scotland | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Barnton, Cramond, Davidsons Mains, earth mysteries, Edinburgh, healing wells, heritage, historic Scotland, Holy Wells, Lauriston, medieval history, midlothian, spa wells, spaw wells, springs, water | Leave a comment

Pickel Well, Birstall, West Yorkshire

Posted on December 11, 2014 by megalithix

Sacred Well: OS Grid Reference – SE 2180 2633 Archaeology & History Seemingly built over in recent years, the Pickel Well was one of the main water supplies to the people of Gomersal and Birstall in earlier times. Getting its … Continue reading →

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Posted in Holy Wells, Yorkshire, West | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, bharguests, Birstall, christianity, Cleckheaton, death, dialect, earth mysteries, english heritage, folklore, ghosts, Gomersal, hauntings, healing wells, Holy Wells, hydromancy, legends, medieval history, monks, sacred sites, springs, water, West Yorkshire | Leave a comment

Doidy Poidy Well, Gomersal, West Yorkshire

Posted on December 11, 2014 by megalithix

Healing Well: OS Grid Reference – unknown Archaeology & History This bizarre-sounding well owed its name—if we are to accept H.A. Cadman’s (1930) version of history—to the local land-owner, “Joseph Mortimer and it was so-called because Mortimer’s christian name was … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Holy Wells, Yorkshire, West | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Birstall, Bradford, Cleckheaton, dialect, earth mysteries, english heritage, Gomersal, healing wells, Holy Wells, hydromancy, medieval history, sacred sites, springs, water, West Yorkshire | 1 Comment

Moor Lane Well, Gomersal, West Yorkshire

Posted on December 11, 2014 by megalithix

Healing Well: OS Grid Reference – SE 2071 2677 Archaeology & History Not far from the old maypole, the Moor Lane Well was the innocuous-sounding site where legend told that a phantom horse was once seen running up and down … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Holy Wells, Yorkshire, West | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Birstall, Bradford, Cleckheaton, customs, dialect, earth mysteries, english heritage, folklore, Gomersal, healing wells, Holy Wells, hydromancy, medieval history, Riding the Stang, sacred sites, springs, traditions, water, West Yorkshire | 3 Comments

Mannerly Well, Gomersal, West Yorkshire

Posted on December 10, 2014 by megalithix

Healing Well: OS Grid Reference – SE 2107 2515 Also Known as: Manor Lea Well Archaeology & History Originally called the ‘Manor Lea Well’ because it could be found on the far west of the land belonging to the Manor … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Holy Wells, Yorkshire, West | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Birstall, Bradford, calendar customs, Cleckheaton, dialect, earth mysteries, english heritage, folklore, Gomersal, healing wells, Holy Wells, hydromancy, medieval history, rituals, sacred sites, springs, traditions, water, West Yorkshire | Leave a comment

Spring Stone Carving, Middleton Moor, North Yorkshire

Posted on January 29, 2010 by megalithix

Cup-Marked Stone: OS Grid Reference – SE 11611 51610 Also Known as: Middleton Moor carving 483 (Boughey & Vickerman) Getting Here From Ilkley go up to Middleton and from there go up Harding Lane and, where the road bends left … Continue reading →

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Posted in Cup-and-Ring Stones, Yorkshire, North | Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, carvings, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, Ilkley, Langbar, Middleton Moor, neolithic, North Yorkshire, Petroglyphs, petroglyphs, prehistoric sites, springs, symbolism, water, wells | Leave a comment

St. Lambert’s Well, Burneston, North Yorkshire

Posted on May 4, 2009 by megalithix

Holy Well: OS Grid Reference – SE 3089 8496 Archaeology & History Surveyed by the Ordnance Survey lads in 1853 and subsequently published on the first OS-map of the area three years later, very little seems to be known about … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Holy Wells, Yorkshire, North | Tagged ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Burneston, Carthorpe, christianity, english heritage, folk-lore, folklore, Holy Wells, hydromancy, hydropathy, medieval history, North Yorkshire, sacred sites, sacred water, saints, springs, St Lambert, Theakston, tourist attractions, water | 1 Comment

Haworth Moor Spa Wells, West Yorkshire

Posted on February 24, 2009 by megalithix

Healing Wells: OS Grid Reference – SE 0041 3513 Getting Here Go through Haworth and head for the well-known Penistone Hill country park. On the far western side of the hill up near the top of Moorside Lane, there’s a … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Holy Wells, Yorkshire, West | Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, earth mysteries, England, english heritage, folklore, Haworth, healing, healing wells, history, Holy Wells, mineral springs, Oakworth, Oxenhope, spa wells, spas, spaws, springs, Stanbury, water, West Yorkshire | Leave a comment

St. Osyth’s Well, St. Osyth, Essex

Posted on September 12, 2008 by megalithix

Holy Well: OS Grid Reference – TM 116 166 Archaeology & History This spring of water is in the edge of Nun’s Wood on the north side of the Dolphin Pond pool and is covered by a small stone building, … Continue reading →

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Serpent’s Well, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire

Posted on September 12, 2008 by megalithix

Sacred Well: OS Grid Reference – SP 31 27? Archaeology & History This legendary-sounding spring of water was described in field-name listings from the 1770 Enclosure Acts, but nothing seems to have been written about it since. To me at least, … Continue reading →

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