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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Ruffin's Well (Tamworth) Alternative Name: Tamworth CastleCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 4.451 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Staffordshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Tamworth
Map Ref: SK207038
Latitude: 52.631563N Longitude: 1.695593W
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 |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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The entry on Pastscape strongly suggests the holy well remains within the main fabric of the castle (grid ref SK20620392); however, the castle staff dug in a book, knowing nothing of the holy well when I enquired. The book shows a holy well on the lower terraces in what would have been the bailey of the castle. What survives there today does not resemble the picture in the book; indeed, one wonders if the issue of water, or any structure survives, in spite of there being a commemorative plaque amongst raised flower beds on the south west exterior of the Ankerside Shopping Centre, on the lowest level near the river. This is consistent with the location displayed on the DEFRA MAGIC Map at SK 207 038. The well is attributed to St Ruffin, brother of St Wulfhad, both murdered by their father, King Wulfhere, in 665 AD owing to their conversion to Christ. Their grave, set up by their mother, gave the name to the town of Stone. Another St Ruffin's Well is purportedly situated to the south east of Stone.
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