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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Druid's Well (Sutton Park) Alternative Name: St. Mary's WellCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 4.952 km away from the location you searched for.
County: West Midlands Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Sutton Coldfield
Map Ref: SP1016297991
Latitude: 52.579639N Longitude: 1.851467W
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 |
0 | no data |
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in West Midlands
Despite what a local man who appeared to be doing a survey of the area said, the well still exists, if a little forlorn. The structure shown in old photos (such as that in Bords work) has gone or rather lays broken beside it. However the spring still arises in a small rectangular stone lined shallow pool and into a gully that runs down to the Bracebridge Pool. The name supposed given by an owner of the land who was a self-proclaimed druid. I doubt if there is any history to it, but the name St. Mary's seems significant.
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