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<< Our Photo Pages >> St Pancras Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Lincolnshire

Submitted by HOLYWELL on Sunday, 27 February 2011  Page Views: 3873

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Pancras Well
Country: England County: Lincolnshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
 Nearest Village: Scampton
Map Ref: SK954785
Latitude: 53.294880N  Longitude: 0.570151W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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St Pancras Well
St Pancras Well submitted by HOLYWELL : Close up view of St Pancras's well (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Lincolnshire

Considering its associations probably had an ancient pre-Christian origin. A Roman villa was discovered in 1795 in a field south-east of the village. Amongst the considerable amount of Roman antiquities were discovered remains in stone coffins placed east-west. This suggests a Christian burial either at the time of the villa or rather upon its remains. This suggests that a chapel was placed here and that this was likely to be dedicated to St Pancras. Local traditions suggests that there was a well dedicated to the saint nearby which existed certainly in the twelfth century. The spring was said to be a chalybeate spring one but is now lost. The site is marked on the first OS as site of, nothing now remains but a reservoir is located nearby.
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St Pancras Well
St Pancras Well submitted by HOLYWELL : The approach to St Pancras's well (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SK9578 : Red Arrow landing at RAF Scampton by J.Hannan-Briggs
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SK9578 : Exit road from the view point by roger geach
by roger geach
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SK9578 : Site of Roman villa on Scampton airfield: aerial 2019 (1) by Chris
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SK9578 : Site of Roman villa on Scampton airfield: aerial 2019 (2) by Chris
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SK9578 : Track to Scampton Airfield by JThomas
by JThomas
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Re: St Pancras Well by attlebax on Tuesday, 15 May 2012
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This is beside the viewpoint under the flight lane of RAF Scampton. The Red Arrows are based here and fly over this point. There is a car park for the plane spotters provided for the view. The Ordnance Survey map shows the location of a Roman Villa in the field on the other side of the road.
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