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<< Our Photo Pages >> Whitwick Spring - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Leicestershire and Rutland

Submitted by enkidu41 on Tuesday, 31 August 2004  Page Views: 12397

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Whitwick Spring
Country: England County: Leicestershire and Rutland Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Whitwick
Map Ref: SK435163
Latitude: 52.742583N  Longitude: 1.357094W
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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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
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Whitwick Spring
Whitwick Spring submitted by enkidu41 : Used by kind permission of, Bob Trubshaw (Vote or comment on this photo)
Sacred Spring in Leicestershire and Rutland.
St John the Baptist's church at Whitwick is situated in a natural amphitheatre.

This spring is under the chancel and is now piped out to flow into the Grace Dieu Brook, but in the nineteenth century the water was used to power the bellows of the church organ!

Based on the description by, and used by kind permission of, Bob Trubshaw, from his Interactive Little-known Leicestershire and Rutland CD-ROM.
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 1.3km NE 48° Swanimote Hill* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SK445172)
 1.9km ENE 75° Altar Stone, Whitwick* Modern Stone Circle etc (SK453168)
 2.0km N 355° Grace Dieu Priory Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SK433183)
 3.0km NW 305° Griffy's Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK4118)
 3.2km E 96° Hanging Stone (Leicestershire) Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SK467160)
 3.4km ESE 109° Stone nr Oaks in Charnwood* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SK46721523)
 4.0km ESE 104° Cat Hill Wood Stone* Modern Stone Circle etc (SK474154)
 4.0km NNE 25° Belton Banjo enclosure* Causewayed Enclosure (SK45161997)
 4.5km E 86° Grey Hangman Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SK47951665)
 4.9km SE 131° Kellam's Farm moated site* Ancient Village or Settlement (SK47211310)
 6.7km ESE 110° Bawdon Monolith Standing Stone (Menhir) (SK49851400)
 7.0km NW 311° Staunton Harold's ancient village* Ancient Village or Settlement (SK3822120860)
 7.2km NW 323° Moated Mound at Breedon-on-the-Hill* Artificial Mound (SK3902822009)
 7.4km ENE 77° Holywell Haw* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK50731800)
 7.6km NNW 338° The Bulwarks (Breedon on the Hill)* Hillfort (SK406233)
 7.6km NNW 338° St Mary and St Hardulf (Breedon on the Hill)* Ancient Cross (SK4055723335)
 7.9km ESE 103° Beacon Hill (Leicestershire)* Hillfort (SK512146)
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 10.1km ESE 118° Bradgate Hunt's Hill Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SK5247111651)
 10.4km ENE 73° Charnwood Museum* Museum (SK534195)
 10.5km W 281° Blackfordby Spring* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK331182)
 11.1km NNW 334° Kings Newton Holy Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK38572629)
 11.5km W 274° Blackfordby Spring* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK3217)
 12.2km N 352° Aston Cursus Cursus (SK416284)
 12.3km SSE 150° Bury Camp (Leicestershire) Hillfort (SK498057)
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Landscapes of the Megaliths: Recent Archaeological Discoveries at Avebury, Wed 21 Jul by Andy B on Sunday, 11 July 2010
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Landscapes of the Megaliths: Recent Archaeological Discoveries at Avebury

Wed 21 July 14.00–15.30

Dr Mark Gillings talks about recent discoveries which shed new light on the World Heritage Site of Avebury. …

Dr Mark Gillings (School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester) talks about recent discoveries which shed new light on the World Heritage Site of Avebury. The dramatic earthworks and stone circles at the World Heritage Site of Avebury, Wiltshire, have long captured the imagination of archaeologists and the general public. The mighty ditch and bank dwarf the visitor, as do the large, unshaped blocks of local sandstone (sarsen) that make up the circles and setting. Since its discovery by the antiquarian John Aubrey in 1649 it has witnessed numerous excavations and investigations, culminating in the major excavations of the 1930s when much of the site was restored to the state we find it in today.

Between 1999-2003 a new programme of archaeological excavation took place at Avebury, the results of which have greatly eiched our understanding of the site and the late Neolithic landscape within which it was constructed. The discoveries revealed a set of wholly unexpected monuments in and around Avebury (including a lost avenue of standing stones and a 100 ton megalith – one of the largest in Britain). They also shed fascinating light upon what happened to Avebury in the medieval and later periods as a flourishing village grew up within the circle of standing stones. This talk looks at these recent discoveries. Free.

Location: Snibston Discovery Museum Ashby Road Coalville Leicestershire. Snibston is located on the edge of Coalville town centre on the A511, just 4 miles from Junction 22 of the M1 and Junction 13 of the A42/M42. It is clearly signed on all major approach routes. Buses from East Midlands Airport, Burton on Trent, Loughborough and Leicester regularly stop on Ashby Road (a few minutes walk to the main museum entrance) en route to Coalville.

O: Leicestershire County Council
N: Alison Clague
T: 01530 278444
E: snibston@leics.gov.uk
W: http://www.snibston.com

Festival of British Archaeology 2010

(attaching to this page as I'm not creating an entry for Snibston Discovery Centre as it's mostly about industrial archaeology)
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Re: Whitwick Spring by Anonymous on Saturday, 27 September 2008
When my G/children Maya, Molly & Ben visit, they always insist on havin a sip,to and from the Park. Spike the ex-Whitwick Pit fitter!
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Re: Whitwick Spring by Anonymous on Tuesday, 12 October 2004
I played here thirty years ago as a child and drank from this spring regularly, I've since taken my children back there to try it for themselves.

The spring is at the southern side of the castle mound in Whitwick which was until a few years ago owned bt very good friends of mine, we always presumed that the spring would also have been used by the castle residents.
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