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Tag Archives: Stirlingshire
Over Glenny (04), Port of Menteith, Stirlingshire
Cup-and-Ring Stone: OS Grid Reference — NN 56991 02834 Also Known as: Canmore ID 352014 Getting Here Along the A81 road from Port of Menteith to Aberfoyle, watch out for the small road in the trees running at an angle sharply … Continue reading
Posted in Cup-and-Ring Stones, Perthshire, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged Aberfoyle, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, cup marked stones, cup-and-rings, earth mysteries, historic Scotland, Lake of Menteith, Menteith hills, neolithic, Perthshire, Petroglyphs, Port of Menteith, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, Scottish history, Stirlingshire, whetstones
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Over Glenny (05), Port of Menteith, Stirlingshire
Cup-and-Ring Stone: OS Grid — NN 56993 02835 Getting Here Along the A81 road from Port of Menteith to Aberfoyle, watch out for the small road in the trees running at an angle sharply uphill, nearly opposite Portend, up to Coldon … Continue reading
Posted in Cup-and-Ring Stones, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged Aberfoyle, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, cup marked stones, cup-and-rings, earth mysteries, historic Scotland, Lake of Menteith, neolithic, Perthshire, Petroglyphs, Port of Menteith, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, Scottish history, Stirlingshire, whetstones
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Carleatheran, Gargunnock, Stirlingshire
Cairn: OS Grid Reference – NS 68789 91880 Also Known as: Caerlatheran Canmore ID 45381 Getting Here The quickest way here is still a long one. From Gargunnock village, take the road west towards the A811, turning left just before the bend … Continue reading
Posted in Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, architecture, brochs, Bronze Age, chambered cairns, death, earth mysteries, Gargunnock, heritage, Kippen, neolithic, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, Stirlingshire, tombs, tumuli, tumulus
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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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