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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Holy Well, HildenleyCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 3.631 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Malton
Map Ref: SE741711
Latitude: 54.130419N Longitude: 0.867516W
Condition:
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4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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3 | Ordinary |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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This well is recorded by Ian Taylor and Edna Whelan of the Holy Wells Research and Preservation group (1984).
It is tucked into a wooded bank side, by the side of a bridle track on the south-west side of Hildenley Wood, south from Amotherby. It has clear water in the lovely stone trough and seems in good condition.
Taylor/Whelan quote that the well was " much resorted to by the monks of Kirkham Abbey " (four miles away) and that healing properties and uses were attributed to it. They also discovered a more elaborate but ruined well house near-by but I couldn't find it on my visit.
It is a peaceful site and I doubt many passing walkers even notice it.
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