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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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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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Witches Stone, St. Martin’s, Perthshire
‘Standing Stone’: OS Grid Reference – NO 15927 31609 Also Known as: Canmore ID 28628 Getting Here Going north-eastish from the city of Perth, take either the A93 or A94, turning west along the A93 a mile south of Guildtown, or east … Continue reading
Posted in Perthshire, Scotland, Standing Stones
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Balbeggie, Bronze Age, cailleach, earth mysteries, folklore, Guildtown, heritage, legends, MacBeth, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, moots, neolithic, Perthshire, prehistoric sites, ritual magick, sacred sites, Scotland, St. Martins, Standing Stones, Strathmore, Tayside, traditions, William Shakespeare, witchcraft, witches
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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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Footprint Stone, Dunadd, Kilmichael Glassary, Argyll
Petroglyph: OS Grid Reference – NR 83668 93579 Also Known as: Canmore ID 212008 Getting Here From Lochgilphead, take the A816 road north for several miles (towards the megalithic paradise of Kilmartin), keeping your eyes peeled for the road-signs saying “Dunadd.” Turn … Continue reading
Posted in Argyll & Bute, Cup-and-Ring Stones, Scotland
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Argyll, axes, Bronze Age, creation myths, Dalriada, Dunadd, earth mysteries, fairies, folklore, giants, heritage, Iron Age, Kilmartin, Kilmichael Glassary, kings, kingship, Lochgilphead, moots, neolithic, Ossian, Petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, ritual, sacred sites, Scotland, witchcraft, witches
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Witches Stone, Pittensorn, Murthly, Perthshire
Cup Marked Stone: OS Grid Reference — NO 0851 3881 Getting Here Park up at Murthly village, follow the farm road west, opposite the Kinclaven junction up to the cross roads, and turn right and go past Douglasfield Farm, … Continue reading
Posted in Cup-and-Ring Stones, Perthshire, Scotland
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, buried treasure, Caputh, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, Dunkeld, folklore, historic Scotland, legends, Murthly, neolithic, New Dunkeld, Perthshire, Petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, spectral dogs, witchcraft
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Old Wife’s Stone, Batley, West Yorkshire
Standing Stone? (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – SE 2428 2329 Archaeology & History My first hint at the existence of this once valuable archaeological relic came as a result of me seeking out the history and folklore of some hitherto … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Standing Stones, Yorkshire, West
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Batley, Bronze Age, cailleach, Calderdale, carlin, carling, Dewsbury, Earth goddess, earth mysteries, english heritage, folklore, geomancy, goddess, heathen, Heckmondwike, legends, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, neolithic, occult history, old woman, paganism, sacred sites, Standing Stones, traditions, West Yorkshire, witchcraft, witches
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Warlocks’ Tomb, Muckhart, Clackmannanshire
Tomb/s (lost): OS Grid Reference – NS 9928 9865 Archaeology & History A fascinating site that was described in Johnston & Tullis (2003) local history work on the parish of Muckhart. Amidst an area bedevilled with faerie, boggarts, ghosts and historical … Continue reading
Posted in Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, cairns, Clackmannanshire, death, Dollar, earth mysteries, ghosts, ghouls, Glen Devon, Heathenism, heathens, heritage, historic Scotland, medieval history, Muckhart, Ochils, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, tombs, tumulus, warlocks, witchcraft, witches, wizards
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Witch Hillock, Marykirk, Kincardineshire
Tumulus & (possible) Stone Circle: OS Grid Reference – NO 64400 67323 Also Known as: Canmore ID 36002 Inglismaldie Getting Here Travelling north on the Bridgemill to Fettercairn road, park at the layby just before the junction with the minor road (left) through the … Continue reading
Posted in Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, Earthworks, Kincardineshire, Scotland, Standing Stones, Stone Circles
Tagged antiquarian, Archaeology, Bronze Age, burial, cairns, death, earth mysteries, Edzell, heritage, historic Scotland, Kincardineshire, Luthermuir, Maryland, neolithic, North Water Bridge, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, tourist attractions, tumulus, witchcraft, witches
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Wells o’ Wearie, Duddingston, Edinburgh, Midlothian
Sacred Wells (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NT 2741 7241 Also Known as: Wells o’ Weary Well of Wery Archaeology & History The precise spot for these “wells” is difficult to say today with any certainty, which is unfortunate as … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Wells, Midlothian, Scotland
Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Arthur's Seat, Duddingston, earth mysteries, Edinburgh, fairies, healing, heritage, Holy Wells, medieval history, midlothian, poems, poetry, sacred sites, Scotland, traditions, water, witchcraft, witches
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