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Tag Archives: Stirlingshire
Castlehill Wood, St Ninians, Stirling, Stirlingshire
Dun: OS Grid Reference – NS 75074 90902 Also Known as: Canmore ID 46233 Castlehill Wood Getting Here Take the Gateside Road from St Ninians or Polmaise Road out of Torbrex across the M9, heading out west onto the southern moors of … Continue reading
Posted in Duns, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, brochs, dun, duns, earth mysteries, enclosures, fortresses, heritage, Hillforts, Iron Age, Polmaise, prehistoric sites, Romano-British, sacred sites, Scotland, settlements, St. Ninians, Stirling, Stirlingshire
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The Croft, Doune, Perthshire
Cists (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NN 7247 0188 Also Known as: Canmore ID 24760 Archaeology & History Somewhere in the woodland park, before the area was “ruined”, as Moray Mackay (1984) put it, by “sand and gravel workings”, and within … Continue reading
Posted in Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, Perthshire, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, cairns, cists, death, Doune, earth mysteries, necropolis, neolithic, Perthshire, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Stirlingshire, tombs, tumuli, urns
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Auchensalt, Thornhill, Stirlingshire
Broch: OS Grid Reference – NN 6533 0099 Also Known as: Canmore ID 24398 Easter Borland Keir Getting Here Take the A873 from Thornhill to Aberfoyle, and literally 1 mile west of Thornhill turn right up the track up and past Easter … Continue reading
Posted in Brochs, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, brochs, Bronze Age, duns, enclosures, fortress, forts, heritage, historic Scotland, Iron Age, Perthshire, Port of Menteith, prehistoric sites, Scottish dialect, Stirlingshire, Thornhill
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Wallace’s Oak, Larbert, Falkirk, Stirlingshire
Legendary Tree: OS Grid Reference – NS 847 836? Also Known as: Wallace’s Tree Archaeology & History The archaeology and traditions ascribed to this ancient tree (exact position unknown) is based on words that were first penned two hundred years ago. … Continue reading
Posted in Scotland, Stirlingshire, Trees
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Denny, druidism, druids, earth mysteries, Falkirk, folkore, Glenbervie, groves, historic Scotland, history, Larbert, legends, moots, oaks, Plean, Sir William Wallace, Stenhousemuir, Stirlingshire, Torwood, traditions, Trees
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Leckie Broch Carving (02), Gargunnock, Stirlingshire
Cup-and-Ring Stone: OS Grid Reference – NS 6926 9399 Getting Here Take the A811 road between Stirling and Kippen and go up into Gargunnock, From the village centre, go along the Leckie Road (not the Main Street!) for half-a-mile, then turn … Continue reading
Posted in Cup-and-Ring Stones, Midlothian, Scotland
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, brochs, Bronze Age, carved stones, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, Gargunnock, geology, heritage, historic Scotland, Iron Age, Kippen, neolithic, Petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, sacred sites, sandstone, Stirlingshire, symbolism
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Leckie Broch Carving (01), Gargunnock, Stirlingshire
Cup-Marked Stone: OS Grid Reference – NS 69259 93985 — NEW FIND Getting Here Take the A811 road between Stirling and Kippen and go up into Gargunnock, From the village centre, go along the Leckie Road (not the Main Street!) for … Continue reading
Posted in Cup-and-Ring Stones, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, brochs, Bronze Age, carved stones, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, Gargunnock, heritage, historic Scotland, Iron Age, Kippen, neolithic, Petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, sacred sites, Stirlingshire
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Balgair Muir Woods, Balfron, Stirlingshire
Cup-and-Ring Stone: OS Grid Reference – NS 58763 90113 — NEW FIND Getting Here Take the B822 Fintry to Kippen road and just over 2 miles (3.3km) north of Kippen, take the small country lane on your left. Parking is truly … Continue reading
Posted in Cup-and-Ring Stones, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Balfron, Bronze Age, carved stones, Cup-and-Ring Stones, cup-markings, earth mysteries, Fintry, geomancy, heritage, historic Scotland, neolithic, Petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Stirlingshire, symbolism
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Echo Stone, Mugdock, Stirlingshire
Legendary Rock: OS Grid Reference – NS 5493 7710 Also known as: Historic Environment Record Stirling 3745 Getting Here Enter Mugdock Country Park from the south-east entrance along Mugdock Road from Milngavie. The Stone is visible in rough grass from … Continue reading
Posted in Sacred Nature, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, earth mysteries, echoes, legendary rocks, Milngavie, Mugdock, sacred sites, Scotland, Stirlingshire, Strathblane
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Garadh Ban Wood, Buchanan, Stirlingshire
Chambered Cairn: OS Grid Reference – NS 45217 91907 Also Known as: Canmore ID 282019 Getting Here On the B837 between Balmaha and Drymen at the hamlet called Milton of Buchanan, at the little road junction where the houses are on … Continue reading
Posted in Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Balmaha, Bronze Age, Buchanan, burials, cairn, chambered cairns, death, devil, Drymen, folklore, heritage, Loch Lomond, neolithic, prehistoric sites, quartz, sacred sites, Scotland, Stirlingshire, Strathendrick, tombs, traditions, tumuli, tumulus
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