<< Our Photo Pages >> Tockenham Spring - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Wiltshire
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Tockenham SpringCountry: England County: Wiltshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Lyneham Nearest Village: Tockenham
Map Ref: SU040793
Latitude: 51.512613N Longitude: 1.943752W
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 Wiltshire
Time Team excavated this site in 1994 because of the Roman figurine that has been built into an alcove by the door of Tockenham parish church. A pond in an adjoining (private) garden was thought to have been the location of an early Roman shrine or even the site of a pre-Roman religious site. Many Roman artefacts have been found in the locality. Unfortunately, all that remains is a domestic water feature.
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