<< Our Photo Pages >> Robin Hood's Well (Burghwallis) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Yorkshire (South)
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Robin Hood's Well (Burghwallis)Country: England County: Yorkshire (South) Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Map Ref: SE51901175
Latitude: 53.599756N Longitude: 1.217225W
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 |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | no data |
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Anne T visited on 15th Jan 2018 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 2 Access: 5 Robin Hood's Well, just off the A1 near Burghwallis: With the rain pounding down on the car and a warning light just appeared on the car dashboard, we were glad to pull off the A1 near Burghwallis. It was easy enough to pull onto the layby (it was a busy place), but difficult to get back onto the A1 and we had to wait quite a long time for a big enough gap in the traffic to appear.
I pulled my coat on and headed off the few metres from the car to the well housing, getting soaked on the way. Having wanted to stop off here for years, but never having succeeded, I confess to being really disappointed. This really is just a recently constructed stone 'well house', with a bit of graffiti inside and a vague hollow for where the well pipe might have been situated. Still, I achieved it and got a few photos, having to wipe the camera down well once I huddled back in the car to warm up.
Andy B have visited here
"Robin's Hood Well, on the east side of the Doncaster road at Skelbrooke, is said to have been designed by Vanbrugh, and this is supported both by the style and the date 1711, which has been carved on the structure.
The well-house, correctly described above, was dismantled during road widening and re-erected at SE 51901175."
For more information see Pastscape Monument 56107.
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