Tag Archives: Stirlingshire

Castleton (2), Cowie, Stirling, Stirlingshire

Posted on April 21, 2019 by megalithix

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 →

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Katie Thirsty’s Well, Logie, Stirlingshire

Posted on April 17, 2019 by megalithix

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 →

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Whin Well, Stirling, Stirlingshire

Posted on January 8, 2019 by megalithix

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 →

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St. Blane’s Well, Dunblane, Stirlingshire

Posted on November 4, 2018 by megalithix

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 →

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Lady Well, Airth, Stirlingshire

Posted on September 18, 2018 by megalithix

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 →

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Tammie Blair’s Well, Dunblane, Stirlingshire

Posted on August 13, 2018 by megalithix

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 →

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Bishop’s Well, Dunblane, Stirlingshire

Posted on August 13, 2018 by megalithix

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 →

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Lady Betty’s Well, Leckie, Gargunnock, Stirlingshire

Posted on June 9, 2018 by megalithix

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 →

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Peace Stone, Port of Menteith, Stirlingshire

Posted on May 15, 2018 by megalithix

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 →

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Airthrey Mineral Wells, Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire

Posted on March 21, 2018 by megalithix

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 →