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Submitted by Anne T on Thursday, 24 August 2017 Page Views: 1524
Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Hall Well (Irthington) Alternative Name: How Well; Ha' Well; Helly Well; St. Cuthbert's Well (Irthington)Country: England County: Cumbria Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Carlisle Nearest Village: Irthington
Map Ref: NY4992361627
Latitude: 54.946770N Longitude: 2.783319W
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 |
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Anne T visited on 20th Aug 2017 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Hall Well, Irthington: From Walton we made our way over to Irthington – not a planned visit, but because I saw the holy well and 2 mottes in close proximity in this village.
This small village (too large to be called a hamlet, but too small to be a good sized village) is obviously old. It’s not that far from Carlisle Airport and stands on the line of Stanegate and is also close to the line of Hadrian’s Wall.
Being armed with the OS map and a GPS, we went in search of the holy well first (passing by the first motte as we’d look for somewhere to park on the way back). According to the OS map the well lies not far outside the south-eastern wall of the church yard. Walking through the churchyard, this area is covered in brambles, nettles and shrubs, but we found some steps leading through the wall and onto the grassy area beyond. At the grid reference above there are some reeds and shrubs sitting in a boggy area. Peering over the fence into the garden of the house sitting immediately to the south, a stream suddenly appears out of the ground and rushes through the garden and is piped under the road, presumably to the modern water pumping station opposite. Nothing exists of any well housing (that we could see) and I’ve emailed the vicar through the ‘A Church Near You’ website.
Just down the road is one of the mottes. Note: the grid reference given by Pastscape indicates the site of the well is around the steps from the churchyard.
This holy well/natural spring is marked on the OS map as 'Hall Well', although it is described on Pastscape Monument No. 11583 as being either St. Cuthbert's Well, How Well, Ha' Well or Helly Well.
The grid reference given shows the well to sit next to the steps leading from St. Kentigern's church yard at its south eastern end. All that appears to remain are the steps and a boggy patch of ground. Where the grassy area disappears underneath a wooden fence into a recently created garden, a stream with a good flow of water, emerges from the ground, apparently from nowhere. The stream runs through the garden of the house, disappears under the road, presumably piped to the modern water pumping system opposite.
At the time of submission, the Historic England site was down, so I will post the listing link here when it is available. In the meantime, I have emailed the vicar of the church to see if they know the exact location of the well.
Just down the road is Irthington Motte.
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