<< Text Pages >> Dragon Well (Wharncliffe) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Yorkshire (South)
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Dragon Well (Wharncliffe)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.783 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (South) Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Stocksbridge Nearest Village: Wharncliffe Side
Map Ref: SK305961
Latitude: 53.460770N Longitude: 1.542099W
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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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Westerncelt visited on 5th Dec 2020 - their rating: Amb: 2 Access: 2 Area of wild thorny undergrowth. Nothing to really see.
With seven heads and twice seven eyes, the Wharncliffe Dragon is said to have drunk from this well, "not to be confused with the 'other' Dragons Well at Bolsterstone, a mile to the west". For more folklore on this well, see The Northern Antiquarian's (TNA) page for Dragon Well, Wharncliffe, South Yorkshire.
TNA give us two references which record this folk well, together with a couple of stanzas from the ‘An Excellent Ballad of a Dreadful Combat fought between Moore of Moore-Hall and the Dragon of Wantley' which make specific mention to the Dragon Well.
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