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<< Our Photo Pages >> Nun's Well (Cannock Wood) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Staffordshire

Submitted by TimPrevett on Friday, 13 July 2007  Page Views: 15365

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Nun's Well (Cannock Wood)
Country: England County: Staffordshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Cannock
Map Ref: SK04151180
Latitude: 52.703856N  Longitude: 1.94002W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Fallow visited on 2nd Feb 2019 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 3 The well is accessible via a footpath and a couple of stiles. It's a permissive path and there are likely to be animals in the surrounding fields. The well itself is fenced off with an electric fence, at the foot of a large oak tree.

Nun's Well (Cannock Wood)
Nun's Well (Cannock Wood) submitted by TimPrevett : The site of Nun's Well can be accessed by a permissive path from the north from the car park. It is now sealed off by an old gate, chicken wire, galvanised sheets and earth - right beneath an oak tree. If you look carefully to the north east of the trunk, there is a nook through which you can put your arm and camera, revealing a recessed well housing and the materials which now block it to the fro... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Staffordshire

A Holy Well, just over a kilometre south from Castle Ring.
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Nun's Well (Cannock Wood)
Nun's Well (Cannock Wood) submitted by TimPrevett : The site of Nun's Well can be accessed by a permissive path from the north from the car park. It is now sealed off by an old gate, chicken wire, galvanised sheets and earth - right beneath an oak tree. If you look carefully to the north east of the trunk, there is a nook through which you can put your arm and camera, revealing a recessed well housing and the materials which now block it to the fro... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Nun's Well (Cannock Wood)
Nun's Well (Cannock Wood) submitted by TimPrevett (Vote or comment on this photo)

Nun's Well (Cannock Wood)
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Nun's Well (Cannock Wood)
Nun's Well (Cannock Wood) submitted by TimPrevett (Vote or comment on this photo)

Nun's Well (Cannock Wood)
Nun's Well (Cannock Wood) submitted by TimPrevett (1 comment)

Nun's Well (Cannock Wood)
Nun's Well (Cannock Wood) submitted by TimPrevett

Nun's Well (Cannock Wood)
Nun's Well (Cannock Wood) submitted by TimPrevett (1 comment)

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Re: Nun's Well (Cannock Wood) by Anonymous on Thursday, 05 October 2023
The oak tree that hosts the well has been badly damaged by lightning and the permissive path is currently closed for safety.
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Re: Nun's Well (Cannock Wood) by TheWhiteRider on Monday, 16 June 2008
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Access:4
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Re: Nun's Well (Cannock Wood) by TimPrevett on Wednesday, 12 September 2007
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I am told by a reliable source that this well still survives, though is deep in private property, and would be hard to recognise to the uninformed eye.
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