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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Holy well (Tuxford)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 5.051 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Nottinghamshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Newark Nearest Village: Tuxford
Map Ref: SK745714
Latitude: 53.234418N Longitude: 0.885305W
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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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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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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Nottinghamshire
Tuxford’s Holy Well waters were said to be good for rheumatics and scurvy The well was said last to be in use in 1922 but is now lost, there is just some water arising roughly where old maps show it but it fills to be filled in. Its water was said to fill a Roman bath house but this theory is not supported by any archaeology. Indeed, there was a victorian bath house is marked on the 1887 map not far from the footpath beside the railway. The area where the bath house was located is still enclosed but overgrown. The well's water was also taken to the Fountain, but there is no evidence there.
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