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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Healing SpringCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.949 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Derbyshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Village: Hathersage
Map Ref: SK229815
Latitude: 53.329923N Longitude: 1.657616W
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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The healing spring is a notable but not very well known spring which arises above the village. It was traditionally thought to cure whooping cough. The site is tanked, but the old trough still exists above it.
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