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Devil’s Well, Abernethy, Perthshire
Sacred Well: OS Grid Reference – NO 19430 14758 Also Known as: Canmore ID 28084 Getting Here From Abernethy village, go west along the A913 road for half-a-mile, then turn left up the long and winding Glenfoot road up the Abernethy … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Perthshire, Scotland
Tagged Abernethy, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, bodach, cailleach, devil, earth mysteries, folklore, healing wells, heritage, Holy Wells, hydromancy, legends, Old Man, Perthshire, sacred sites, satan, Scotland, superstitions, water, witchcraft, witches
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Blakey Topping, Allerston, North Yorkshire
Sacred Hill: OS Grid Reference – SE 8731 9377 Getting Here From Pickering, take the A169 towards Whitby. When you get to the Car Park at the ‘Hole-of-Horcum’ – (you can’t miss it), park the car and walk North along the … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Sacred Nature, Yorkshire, North
Tagged aborigines, airts, Allerston, animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, cailleach, creation myths, devils, England, english heritage, folklore, geology, giants, Heathenism, hills, holy hills, legends, North Yorkshire, omphalos, sacred mountains, superstitions
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Jim Craven’s Well, Thornton, West Yorkshire
Sacred Well: OS Grid Reference — SE 0967 3251? Archaeology & History Another well with considerable supernatural renown was this little-known site near the old village of Thornton, on the western outskirts of Bradford. We’re not 100% sure about its … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Holy Wells, Yorkshire, West
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, black dogs, Bradford, chalybeates, english heritage, folklore, ghosts, hauntings, healing, history, Holy Wells, phantoms, sacred spring, shamanism, supernatural, superstitions, Thornton, water, West Yorkshire
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Clach na Foinne, Glen Lochay, Perthshire
Legendary Stone: OS Grid Reference – NN 50 38 Also Known as: Clach an Dlogh Wart Stone Archaeology & History There is no written history of this site; only the quiet murmurings of a few locals whose families go back … Continue reading
Posted in Perthshire, Sacred Nature, Scotland
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Breadalbane, folklore, Glen Lochay, healing stones, heritage, Killin, legends, magic, Megaliths, paganism, Perthshire, Scotland, shamanism, shielings, stones, superstitions, sympathetic magic, wart stones, warts, witchcraft
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St. Patrick’s Well, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire
Holy Well (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NX 0010 5412 Also Known as: Canmore ID 60610 Archaeology & History This long-lost holy well was located on the southeast side of the town. It was highlighted on the first OS-map in 1849, but … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Scotland, Wigtownshire
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, christianity, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, folklore, Galloway, healing, heritage, history, Holy Wells, Ireland, myth, Petroglyphs, Portpatrick, prehistoric rock art, rock carvings, saints, Scotland, St. Patrick, superstitions, water, Wigtownshire
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Bogle Bush, Collace, Perthshire
Legendary Tree: OS Grid Reference – NO 19 32 Also Known as : Bogle Busk Bogle Buss Archaeology & History Perusal of a 25″ OS map of 1867 shows, in almost microscopic lettering, a feature marked ‘Bogle Bush’. I transferred the … Continue reading
Posted in Perthshire, Sacred Nature, Scotland
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, boggarts, bogles, Collace, folklore, ghosts, haunting, heritage, nature spirits, Perthshire, sacred sites, Scotland, spirits, superstitions, traditions, Trees
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Witches Stone, Kirkton of Auchterhouse, Angus
Cup-and-Ring Stone (lost): OS Grid Reference – NO 345 392 Also Known as: Canmore ID 31908 Greenfield Knowe Greenford Knowe Sidlaw Hospital Spittal Stones Archaeology & History We have no precise location for this carving, nor several of its petroglyphic relatives … Continue reading
Posted in Angus, Cup-and-Ring Stones, Scotland
Tagged Angus, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Auchterhouse, Bronze Age, carved stones, Cup-and-Ring Stones, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, Dundee, earth mysteries, folklore, ghosts, heritage, Kirkton of Auchterhouse, megalithic, Megaliths, neolithic, Newtyle, petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, Scotland, Sidlaw Hills, Standing Stones, superstitions, traditions, witchcraft, witches
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Fairy Well, Logie, Stirlingshire
Sacred Well: OS Grid Reference – NS 8135 9804 Also Known as: Canmore ID 47123 Hielantman’s Well Highlandman’s Well Getting Here From Stirling, take the A9 to Bridge of Allan, turning right at the roundabout along the A907 for less than … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Scotland, Stirlingshire
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bridge of Allan, cairns, dancing, Dunblane, earth mysteries, ethnology, faerie, fairies, folklore, heritage, Holy Wells, hydromancy, legends, Logie, music, Ochils, ritual, sacred sites, Scotland, Sheriffmuir, Stirling, Stirlingshire, superstitions, tombs, traditions, tumulus, water
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Hawklemass Well, Whittingham, Northumberland
Healing Well: OS Grid Reference – NU 0683 1228 Archaeology & History References to this site seem very scarce. A well is highlighted on the 1866 OS-map of the region close to the spot which D.D. Dixon (1895) said it … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Holy Wells, Northumbria
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, earth mysteries, english heritage, folk-lore, folklore, ghosts, Glanton, healing, healing wells, Holy Wells, legends, Northumberland, Northumbria, sacred sites, superstitions, traditions, water, Whittingham
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Holy Well, Longthorpe, Peterborough, Northamptonshire
Holy Well: OS Grid-Reference – TL 1678 9815 Also known as: St. Cloud’s Well Getting Here From Thorpe Green, Longthorpe, then take the Larklands road. Once a copse of trees appears at the front near a T-junction, the well can … Continue reading
Posted in Cambridgeshire, England (south), Holy Wells, Northamptonshire
Tagged Abbey, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Cambridgeshire, folklore, Folly, healing, history, holy well, Holy Wells, Longthorpe, Northamptonshire, Peterborough, sacred sites, superstitions, traditions, water
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