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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Holy Well (West Coker)Country: England
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County: Somerset Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Village: West Coker
Map Ref: ST52951325
Latitude: 50.916783N Longitude: 2.670677W
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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 |
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Somerset
An interesting well set behind a Forester's Arms public house suggesting the great antiquity of this Inn, and was probably built upon a hostile for pilgrims, who came to drink from the spring. This spring flows through a pipe into a roughly square-rectangular stone lined pool with some large dressed and squared stones, which as antiquarian Horne (1923) postulates may have consisted of a building over the well. There appears to be little recorded legend, history or power of this spring although as Horne discovered it was good for making tea.
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