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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Cattistock holy well Alternative Name: The baptismal poolCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.349 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Dorset Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Dorchester Nearest Village: Cattistock
Latitude: 50.793846N Longitude: 2.58093W
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 |
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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 |
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England
This lovely well is much used and venerated locally - witness the amount of coins in it. Probably a foundation spring of its ancient church, which dates back to Saxon times, and no doubt farther back than that. It lies on two important leys:
The first was discovered by John Michell
From NE to SW
From Old Sarum
Iwerne Minster
Hambledon Hill Fort
Child Okeford church and site of former stone
Brockhampton Green, stone with folklore
Minterne Parva stone (now a cross)
Stagg’s Folly crossroads
Cattistock church
Toller Porcorum church
Tumulus
Powerstock motte and bailey
From ENE to WSW
Tarrant Keyneston church
Winterborne Clenston church
Milton Abbas abbey and crosses
Summit of Henning Hill
Giant’s grave stone
Cross dykes
Black Hill summit and settlement
Dickley Hill
Folly Hill
Cattistock Church
Mount Pleasant, meeting of 5 tracks
Earthworks
Jack’s Hill
The church of St. Peter and St. Paul has been thoroughly Victorianised, but by the famous architects George Gilbert Scott, snr and jnr, and is therefore a magnificent example of the genre for Dorset, and is well worth a visit. Of note are the William Morris windows. The holy well has been Victorianised too, but this is entirely to its benefit - a graceful and restrained renovation. The well is just inside the churchyard, beside the public footpath which leads south from it.
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