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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Old Wark Spring Alternative Name: Newton SpringCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.543 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Nottinghamshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Bingham Nearest Village: Newton
Map Ref: SK698415
Latitude: 52.966329N Longitude: 0.962193W
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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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Sacred Spring in Nottinghamshire
This probably Roman spring, whose waters were thought medicinal, arises by a busy road and roundabout. Its Roman heritage is due to its being in the remains of Margidium, an Roman town. Stukeley (1776) writes as follows:
“The Roman station upon the Foss I found to be called Boroughfleld, west of the road: here a spring arises under the hedge, called Oldwark spring, very quick, running over a fine gravel; the only one hereabouts that falls eastward, not directly into the neighbouring Trent, toward Newton.”
The spring arises through a pipe which I found difficult to find as the area is very overgrown and the site may be a field drain and not the spring. They are building a new road bypass which I fear my lose the well forever.
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