<< Our Photo Pages >> Chedworth Villa Nymphaeum - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Gloucestershire
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Chedworth Villa NymphaeumCountry: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Cirencester Nearest Village: Chedworth
Map Ref: SP052135
Latitude: 51.820102N Longitude: 1.925962W
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 Nymphaeum or water shrine at Chedworth Roman Villa (NT) in Gloucestershire. Likely to have been a pre-existing spring with associated divinities before the Romans arrived, and the reason for the siting of the villa. Now two 5th-6th century radiocarbon dates give the mid range date for the mosaic’s construction would be AD 475-495, so two to three generations beyond the time we previously thought people occupied villas in style.
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440m NNW 348° Round barrow N of Chedworth Roman villa* Round Barrow(s) (SP0511013931)
1.4km S 176° Chedworth spring* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SP053121)
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3.0km SSW 194° Pinkwell (Chedworth)* Chambered Cairn (SP045106)
3.0km SW 236° Shawswell Farm Long Barrow* Long Barrow (SP027118)
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4.2km NE 55° Furzenhill Barn* Chambered Tomb (SP086159)
4.2km NE 52° Cheltenham Road Plantation* Chambered Cairn (SP085161)
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5.2km ESE 109° Crickley Barrow Chambered Tomb (SP101118)
5.3km SSE 163° Colnpen* Chambered Tomb (SP068084)
5.7km NNE 21° Hazleton South* Chambered Tomb (SP072188)
5.8km NNE 21° Hazleton North* Chambered Tomb (SP073189)
5.8km ENE 63° Burn Ground* Chambered Cairn (SP104161)
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6.8km SW 220° North Cerney Cursus Cursus (SP00800834)
6.9km SSW 209° North Cerney 1* Chambered Tomb (SP01840752)
6.9km SE 126° Lamborough Banks* Chambered Cairn (SP10760942)
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