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St. Margaret’s Stone, Dunfermline, Fife
Cup-Marked Stone: OS Grid Reference – NT 10837 85060 Getting Here Take the A823 road out of Dunfermline south towards Rosyth. A half-mile before you hit the motorway roundabout, at the roundabout where Carnegie Avenue takes you east, turn west … Continue reading
Posted in Cup-and-Ring Stones, Fife & Kinross, Scotland
Tagged ancient monuments, ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, Dunfermline, Fife, folklore, healing, heritage, kingship, legends, neolithic, Petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, Queen Margaret, queens, Queensferry, Rosyth, sacred sites, saints, Scotland, St. Margaret, tourist attractions, traditions
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St. Margaret’s Well, Edinburgh Castle, Midlothian
Holy Well: OS Grid Reference – NT 25084 73618 Also Known as: Canmore ID 52080 Getting Here Along the more western end of Princes Street, looking up at the castle, wander into the park below and walk towards the railway line. There’s … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Midlothian, Scotland
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, christianity, earth mysteries, Edinburgh, Edinburgh castle, healing wells, heritage, historic Scotland, Holy Wells, medieval history, midlothian, midsummer, sacred sites, saints, St. Margaret, water
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St. Margaret’s Well, Old Pentland, Midlothian
Holy Well (covered): OS Grid Reference – NT 26388 66338 Archaeology & History Described in Hope & Telford’s (1813) rare work, this little-known holy well has escaped the attention of all surveyors since then. It was one of four sacred … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Midlothian, Scotland
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, earth mysteries, Edinburgh, hagiology, healing, heritage, Holy Wells, Lasswade, Loanhead, medieval history, Midlothian. historic Scotland, Old Pentland, Pentland, sacred sites, St. Margaret, water
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St. Margaret’s Well, Binsey, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Holy Well: OS Grid Reference – SP 486 080 Archaeology & History A sacred water source that is thought to have taken its name from the adjacent church of St. Margaret (makes sense!). The site was described at some length … Continue reading
Posted in England (south), Holy Wells, Oxfordshire
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Binsey, Botley, english heritage, folklore, healing, Holy Wells, legends, Oxford, Oxfordshire, sacred sites, sacred springs, saints, St. Margaret, tourist attractions, water, Wytham
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