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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Barrow Well (Compton Martin)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.052 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Somerset Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Compton Martin
Map Ref: ST537573
Latitude: 51.312917N Longitude: 2.665677W
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 Somerset
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) page for Barrow Well, Compton Martin, Somerset, gives us the brief archaeology and history of this site, where "two springs mark the western edge of the parish boundary .... once being associated with a prehistoric tomb, or barrow, as the associated field-names of Barrows Orchard and Barrow Cross indicates."
TNA also gives us some interesting folklore and a ghost story associated with this site.
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