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<< Text Pages >> The Frog Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Shropshire

Submitted by TimPrevett on Sunday, 01 July 2007  Page Views: 7595

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: The Frog Well
Country: England County: Shropshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
 Nearest Village: Acton Burnell
Map Ref: SJ53340084
Latitude: 52.603330N  Longitude: 2.690392W
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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
4
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Not a holy well as such, but a Satanic well apparently!

Hope's Legendary Lore says,

"By the side of the Roman road between Ruckley and Acton Burnell, yclept the Devil's Causeway, and half-way down the Causeway Bank, there rises out of a ferny, flowery bank a most beautiful spring, which drips into a deep rocky basin, partly natural, of great gray slabs of stone, placed there by the hand of man. Behind it rises the ancient Causeway Wood, with its yews and hollies, its ash and mountain-ash trees. The spring is never known to fail, even in the dryest seasons. Its waters, say the folk, are always cold in summer and warm in winter, and, needless to add, they are good for sore eyes. Will it be believed that this beautiful fountain, fit only for the fairest of water-nymphs, is the scene of what seems like a fragment of the husk-myth of the Frog-Prince (see p. 115)? Here the Devil and his imps appear in the form of frogs. Three frogs are always seen together; these are the imps; the largest frog, being Satan himself, remains at the bottom and shows himself but seldom.
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SJ5300 : Road to Ruckley by Chris Gunns
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SJ5300 : Lane above Ruckley looking westward by Jeremy Bolwell
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SJ5300 : Oak trees on the edge of Shadwell Coppice, south of Acton Burnell by Andrew Shannon
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SJ5301 : Minor road leading north into Acton Burnell by Andrew Shannon
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SJ5301 : Road to Ruckley by Chris Gunns
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Re: The Frog Well by Andy_Norfolk on Wednesday, 15 September 2021
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If you want to find this, the grid ref is SJ 5334 0084. A small spring rises here, and a trough was marked at this location on the 1st edition 6" OS map. It is right on the boundary between Acton Burnell and Ruckley and Langley parishes.
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