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<< Text Pages >> Birley Spa - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Yorkshire (South)

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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Birley Spa
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.421 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Yorkshire (South) Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Sheffield  Nearest Village: Birley
Map Ref: SK40908361
Latitude: 53.347807N  Longitude: 1.387085W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Yorkshire (South)

Birley Spa is now a modern spa hotel which is open for special events, but within the grounds of the current hotel is the original bath house. The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) tell us that "the belief that the site may have "an ancient origin, the spring being located along Neolithic trade routes and indeed implements have been found in the vicinity." See their page for Birley Spa, Birley, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, which gives directions, photographs and a brief archaeology and history of the area, together with the folklore.

To support the theory of ancient roots for this site, Pastscape Monument No 316456 gives brief details of Mesolithic "obliquely blunted points, truncated blades and batterbacks have been collected at Birley Spa ..... (found) near a footpath which crossed a knoll 200yds. south of Birley Spa House. This was once Birley Moor, but is now covered by a housing estate, the precise location being called Spa View Place."

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SK4083 : Birley Spa by John Poyser
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SK4083 : Birley Spa by John Poyser
by John Poyser
©2007(licence)
SK4083 : Birley Spa by John Poyser
by John Poyser
©2007(licence)
SK4083 : Birley Spa Grounds. by John Poyser
by John Poyser
©2007(licence)
SK4083 : Birley Spa Fence by John Poyser
by John Poyser
©2007(licence)

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