<< Our Photo Pages >> Derry Hill Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Wiltshire
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Derry Hill WellCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 4.184 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Wiltshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Derry Hill Nearest Village: Calne
Map Ref: ST9519570922
Latitude: 51.437274N Longitude: 2.070517W
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 |
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| -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 |
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Now a rather quaint example of Victoriana, this drinking fountain is covered with a wood and slate conical roof. Written in gothic script around the roof lintel is a verse of rhyme (see below). Given it's location on the intersection of roads leading from (to?) Devizes, Chippenham and Calne this spring is likely to have been used for very many centuries.
The verse reads:
Here quench your thirst and make in me
An emblem of true charity,
Who why my Bounty bestow,
Am neither heard nor seen to flow.
Repaid by fresh supplies from Heaven,
For every cup of water give.
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