<< Our Photo Pages >> St Rumwald's Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Buckinghamshire
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Rumwald's Well Alternative Name: St. Rumbold's Well, St. Rumbald's WellCountry: England County: Buckinghamshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Buckingham
Map Ref: SP690335
Latitude: 51.995669N Longitude: 0.996434W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
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 |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
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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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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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At the top of the slope was a fence with a stile and a small enclosure containing the remains of the well. This has recently been restored, although it is dry as the water table has fallen. A stone lined shallow pit, with the remains of steps leading down into it, are what is left of the building constructed over the spring in medieval times. Some evidence of worked stone remains, and an informative notice gives some details of the site’s history.
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