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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Russet WellCountry: England County: Derbyshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Village: Castleton
Map Ref: SK137839
Latitude: 53.351812N Longitude: 1.795651W
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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 |
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-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 |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Derbyshire
In a private garden below the Castleton's famous Peak Cavern is this rapidly flowing cave. It was visited on Easter Sunday and water drank ritually. Its name is thought to derive from O.E risc, for ‘reedy’, or related to sound of water, as Rushop.
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