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<< Text Pages >> Dripping Well (Weymouth) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Dorset

Submitted by TimPrevett on Sunday, 24 January 2021  Page Views: 1074

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:
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
4 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
5

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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.

Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Dorset

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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SY6778 : Rodwell Trail by N Chadwick
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SY6778 : Rodwell Trail by N Chadwick
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SY6778 : Cambridge Court - Weymouth by Sarah Smith
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SY6778 : Rodwell Trail by N Chadwick
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SY6778 : Weymouth, cutting by Mike Faherty
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