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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Dripping Well (Weymouth) Alternative Name: Petrifying Well (Weymouth)Country: England County: Dorset Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Weymouth Nearest Village: Rodwell
Map Ref: SY6750478079
Latitude: 50.601520N Longitude: 2.460532W
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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RedKite1985 visited on 3rd Apr 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 An interesting site and pleased as I can combine location with my other interest of railway history.
A constant dripping on the western side of The Rodwell Trail constitutes this well. Mosses and ferns cling to the exposed sedimentary rock strata.
The cutting and blasting for the railway line in 1863 stopped the subterranean water source further downstream at Rodwell (meaning "red", or "reedy"), creating this groundwater well here. It is a petrifying well, covering items with mineral sediment left here for a period of time.
It is very easy going along the trail which is surfaced, with a number of accessible slopes, popular with cyclists, walkers, scooters, families with puschairs etc.
A lot more written up on The Sandsfoot Castle and Rodwell Trail website.
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