Sacred Sites

144 sacred sites and related folklore from across Britain and Ireland.

Alderley EdgeCheshire Ashleypark Burial MoundAshleypark, County Tipperary AvalonSomerset AveburyWiltshire Barns of AyrScotland Battle of BarryBarry, Angus, Scotland BeenalaghtCoachford, County Cork Behy court tombBelderrig, County Mayo Beinn a' BheithirHighland, Scotland Beltane Fire FestivalEdinburgh, Scotland Black Rock GorgeScotland Blarney StoneBlarney Castle, County Cork Bossiney CastleCornwall Breeny More Stone CircleBreeny More, County Cork Brother Simon of SwinesheadSwineshead, Lincolnshire, England Bryn Cader FanerArdudwy, Gwynedd, Wales Bryn Gwyn stonesBrynsiencyn, Anglesey, Wales Brú na BóinneBoyne Valley, County Meath Cadair IdrisGwynedd, Wales Caer BranCornwall CaerleonCaerleon, Newport, Wales CamelotSomerset Cantre'r GwaelodCardigan Bay, Wales Carricknagat Megalithic TombsCarricknagat, County Sligo CarrigagullaCarrigagulla, County Cork Carrigaphooca Stone CircleCarrigaphooca, County Cork CarrowmoreCarrowmore, County Sligo Carrownlisheen Wedge TombCarrownlisheen, County Clare Castle Downs, CornwallCornwall Chalice WellSomerset Chanctonbury RingWest Sussex CheesewringCornwall Cheetham CloseLancashire Chûn QuoitCornwall Clodagh Standing StonesClodagh, County Cork CloghanmoreGlencolmcille, County Donegal Coolcoulaghta Standing StonesCoolcoulaghta, County Cork Craddock Moor stone circleCornwall Craigs DolmenCraigs, County Antrim Croagh PatrickCounty Mayo, Ireland Devil's ArrowsNorth Yorkshire Devil's Bit MountainCounty Tipperary, Ireland Devil's BridgePontarfynach, Ceredigion, Wales Devil's DykeSussex Dinas EmrysBeddgelert, Gwynedd Ding Dong minesCornwall Dolmen of the Four MaolsBallina, County Mayo Dorset OoserMelbury Osmond, Dorset Dragon Hill, UffingtonOxfordshire EightercuaWaterville, County Kerry Farranahineeny Stone RowFarranahineeny, County Kerry Finn McCools FingersShantemon Mountain, County Cavan Fintan's GraveArra Mountains Folkestone White HorseKent Giant's CausewayBushmills, County Antrim Glantane EastGlantane, County Cork Glastonbury Holy ThornSomerset Glastonbury TorSomerset Granny Kempock StoneGourock, Scotland GrubstonesYorkshire Gulf of CorryvreckanBetween Jura and Scarba, Argyll Haxey HoodHaxey, North Lincolnshire, England Heapstown CairnHeapstown, County Sligo Henderson StoneArdgour, Lochaber Hill of TaraCounty Meath, Ireland Hobby Horse of PadstowCornwall Hy-BrasilNorth Atlantic, off the west coast of Ireland Jingling Geordie's HoleTynemouth Julian's BowerLincolnshire KnocknakillaKnocknakilla, County Cork KnocknareaCounty Sligo, Ireland Labbacallee wedge tombGlanworth, County Cork Lia FáilIreland ListoghilCarrowmore, County Sligo Llangorse LakeBannau Brycheiniog, Powys, Wales Llyn BarfogAberdyfi, Gwynedd, Wales Lochmaben StoneGretna, Dumfries and Galloway Long Meg and Her DaughtersCumbria Lough Derg (St Patrick's Purgatory)County Donegal, Ireland Lough na SúilGeevagh, County Sligo, Ireland LyonesseScilly Isles Maeshowe RunesOrkney Mag LenaCounty Offaly Mari LwydWales Martin MereLancashire Meehambee DolmenMeehambee, County Roscommon Merlin's CaveCornwall Merlin's OakCarmarthen, Wales Miosgán MeadhbhaKnocknarea, County Sligo Moel Tŷ UchafLlandrillo, Denbighshire, Wales Mount VenusRathfarnham, County Dublin Mousehold Heath (Heviskey Tan)Norwich, Norfolk Mullyash Kerbed CairnMullyash, County Armagh Museum of Witchcraft and MagicCornwall Mên ScryfaCornwall Mên-an-TolCornwall Nanteos CupCeredigion, Wales Navan FortEmain Macha, County Armagh NewgrangeCounty Meath, Ireland Newgrange cursusNewgrange, County Meath Nine Maidens Stone RowCornwall Orkneyinga SagaOrkney & Shetland Osmington White HorseDorset Our Lady of WalsinghamNorfolk Overtoun BridgeScotland OweynagatRathcroghan, County Roscommon, Ireland Penhale SandsCornwall Porlock Stone CircleSomerset RathcoranBaltinglass, County Wicklow RathcroghanRathcroghan, County Roscommon Red Horse of TysoeSouth Warwickshire Rollright Stones curseOxfordshire Rudston MonolithEast Yorkshire St Davids CathedralWales St Trinian's ChurchIsle of Man Stanton Drew Stone CirclesSomerset Stone of SconePerthshire, Scotland StonehengeWiltshire Sutton HooSuffolk The Merry MaidensCornwall The PipersCornwall The TowansCornwall Timoney StonesTimoney, County Tipperary TintagelCornwall Tintagel CastleCornwall TowednackCornwall Townleyhall passage graveTownleyhall, County Louth Turoe StoneBullaun, County Galway Twelve Apostles, West YorkshireYorkshire Tyno HeligConwy Bay, Wales Uffington White HorseOxfordshire Up Helly AaShetland Watlington White MarkOxfordshire Waun MawnPreseli Hills, Pembrokeshire, Wales Wayland's SmithyOxfordshire WhetstonesWelshpool, Powys, Wales Whiteleaf CrossBuckinghamshire Wiltshire MoonrakersWiltshire Winchester Round TableWinchester Great Hall, Hampshire Witches' WellEdinburgh Witchknowe ParkFife Withypool Stone CircleSomerset Yester CastleGifford, East Lothian ZennorCornwall
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