<< Text Pages >> St Helen's Well (Draughton) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Yorkshire (North)
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Helen's Well (Draughton)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.194 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Skipton Nearest Village: Draughton
Map Ref: SE02705324
Latitude: 53.975219N Longitude: 1.960324W
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 |
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Yorkshire (North)
The Journal of Antiquities includes an entry for St Helen’s Well, Draughton, North Yorkshire, which is right beside the busy A59 road, half a mile north of Draughton village. The Journal includes photographs, a description, directions for finding this well (from the A59 between Skipton and Bolton Bridges).
Now just a large stone trough, Pastscape Monument No. 558481 gives very brief details, saying this site was derived from the 1st edition OS map from 1854.
The Journal includes a brief discussion about 'which St. Helen (Helana)?' and includes a list of information sources for more information.
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