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Tag Archives: Stirlingshire
Castleton (2), Cowie, Stirling, Stirlingshire
Cup-and-Ring Stone: OS Grid Reference – NS 85494 88272 Also Known as: Castleton 9 (van Hoek) Getting Here If you’re travelling from Stirling or Bannockburn, take the B9124 east to Cowie (and past it) for 3¾ miles (6km), turning left at … Continue reading
Posted in Cup-and-Ring Stones, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged Airth, animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, carved stones, Cowie, Crosses, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, eyes, Firth of Forth, heritage, neolithic, Petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, Stirling, Stirlingshire, symbolism
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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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Whin Well, Stirling, Stirlingshire
Healing Well (lost): OS Grid Reference – NS 7934 9412 Archaeology & History Shown on the 1858 map of the city, this ‘Well of the Gorse’ (from the old folk-name ‘whin’, or Ulex Europareus) on the northern side of the … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, gorse, healing wells, herbs, Holy Wells, medieval history, Scotland, Stirling, Stirlingshire, water, whin
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St. Blane’s Well, Dunblane, Stirlingshire
Holy Well (lost): OS Grid Reference –NN 781 015 Also Known as: Bruce’s Well Archaeology & history Very little is known about this long-lost site, mentioned just once in Alexander Barty’s (1944) standard history book on Dunblane. Its exact location … Continue reading
Lady Well, Airth, Stirlingshire
Holy Well (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NS 89801 86524 Also Known as: Canmore ID 46862 Lady’s Well Spaw Well Archaeology & History Once to be seen flowing on the south-side of the Pow Burn below Airth Castle, all traces of … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged Airth, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, customs, Falkirk, folk-lore, folklore, healing, heritage, Holy Wells, hyrdomancy, Lady Well, medieval history, place-names, River Forth, sacred sites, sacred springs, saints, spas, St. Mary, Stirling, Stirlingshire, traditions, water, witchcraft
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Tammie Blair’s Well, Dunblane, Stirlingshire
Healing Well (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NN 7808 0111 Archaeology & History It’s difficult to work out the exact position of this lost well, even from Alexander Barty’s (1944) description of the place. There are several unnamed ‘Wells’ on … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, bishops, christianity, Dunblane, heritage, Holy Wells, medieval history, Perthshire, River Allan, sacred sites, St Blane, Stirlingshire, water
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Bishop’s Well, Dunblane, Stirlingshire
Holy Well (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NN 78126 01281 Also Known as: Canmore ID 24681 Archaeology & History This now-lost holy well was a place whose history was integrally tied to the adjacent and also destroyed Bishop’s Palace: a large … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, bishops, christianity, Dunblane, heritage, Holy Wells, medieval history, Perthshire, River Allan, sacred sites, St Blane, Stirlingshire, water
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Lady Betty’s Well, Leckie, Gargunnock, Stirlingshire
Holy Well: OS Grid Reference – NS 69441 94687 Getting Here From Gargunnock village, take the road west towards Leckie, and then just before the right-angled bend in the road down towards the A811, bear sharp left, and then immediate … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, cailleach, Gargunnock, healing wells, heritage, Holy Wells, Leckie, medieval history, sacred sites, saints, Scotland, St Kessog, Stirlingshire, water
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Peace Stone, Port of Menteith, Stirlingshire
Cup-and-Ring Stone: OS Grid Reference – NS 56413 99540 Also Known as: Canmore ID 44622 Gartrenich Malling Menteith 1 Getting Here The quickest way here is bedevilled with troublesome parking (and an unhelpful local at Malling Cottage). That aside, roughly halfway … Continue reading
Posted in Cup-and-Ring Stones, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged Aberfoyle, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, carved stones, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, folklore, Lake of Menteith, legends, neolithic, Perthshire, Petroglyphs, Port of Menteith, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, prophecy, rock carvings, sacred sites, Stirlingshire
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Airthrey Mineral Wells, Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire
Healing Wells: OS Grid Reference – NS 79504 97686 Also Known as: Airthrey Spa Airthrey Springs Bridge of Allan Spa Canmore ID 317260 Getting Here The old well-house is accessed easily. From the main road of Henderson Street (or A9), that … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bridge of Allan, copper, Dunblane, earth mysteries, healing springs, heritage, historic Scotland, Holy Wells, hydropathic, hydropathy, mineral wells, Ochils, spa wells, spas, Stirling, Stirlingshire, water
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