<< Our Photo Pages >> Salt's Hole - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Wiltshire
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Salt's Hole Alternative Name: Purton SpaCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.963 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Wiltshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Cricklade Nearest Village: Purton Stoke
Map Ref: SU084906
Latitude: 51.614167N Longitude: 1.880081W
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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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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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This pretty (but a little 'run-down') Well and Wellhead lies about 400m to the west of the hamlet of Purton Stoke (just off the B4553 Purton to Cricklade Road) and is approached along an old Drovers Road (now called Stoke Common Lane) - it is claimed that this is the only traditional healing well in Wiltshire to have developed (albeit very briefly) into a spa.
The Well has a fascinating history recounted in the paper by Katharine M Jordan 'Seven Wiltshire Wells and their Folklore' set out on the University of Bath website - as so often reported elsewhere for other wells, it has a chequered history of disputes between poor local village residents claiming long usage and rich but 'mean' landowners seeking to make a profit - all great reading!! Thankfully peace reigns for the moment
A very easy site to reach, it is worth a visit
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