<< Our Photo Pages >> Holy Well, Greenside - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Tyne and Wear
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Holy Well, GreensideCountry: England County: Tyne and Wear Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Blaydon Nearest Village: Greenside
Map Ref: NZ14936170
Latitude: 54.949731N Longitude: 1.768433W
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 |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
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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Anne T visited on 23rd Apr 2017 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Holy Well, Greenside: From Ryton Motte, we headed off south towards Greenside through the back lanes. Considering how close were are to Winlanton, Blaydon, Gateshead and Newcastle, you could be forgiven for thinking you were in the depths of the countryside at this site. Disappearing down a small road leading from Greenside to Barlow (Barlow Lane on UK Grid Finder) we parked where the lane met a tarmacked path leading to Reeley Mires Farm. It was then a question of walking a couple of hundred yards south-east down Barlow Lane, where the well is located at the base of the Drumlin.
To your right hand side, as you walk down the lane, there is a red metal gate into the field, although this is heavily overgrown by hawthorn and brambles, and is impossible to open. The central pool of the well can be seen at near the base of a telegraph pole, although the whole feature forms an attractive long ‘s-shape’ in the pasture.
It is a really pretty spot here. I was impressed there was so much water here, as it has been little rain here for weeks.
Have as yet been unable to find any notes/further information about this well. Thanks to durhamnature for his original entry.
Holy Well, Greenside, a rising on the south side of a glacial drumlin flowing south into the Barlow Burn.
No structures, apart from a section of pipe probably intended to reduce trampling by cattle. Good clean water, flowing strongly. Visible from the adjacent footpath.
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