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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Holy Well (Edington)Country: England County: Somerset Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Village: Edington
Map Ref: ST3888639970
Latitude: 51.155705N Longitude: 2.875236W
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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This large and impressive structure comes as quite a surprise as one takes Holywell Road through the village. It lies on the corner of this road protected by a clump of trees. Unfortunately the source of water has now dried or else seasonal ( although this may have been the result of a summer drought ). The water was used for scorbutic disorders and was very cold. Antiquarian Horne ( 1923 ) states :
" ..water gathers in a well-made stone tank about three feet square, the top of which is level with the surrounding ground. It is covered with two stone slabs, one of which at the date of visit in April 1915 had been removed, and the tank was half full of decaying leaves as a consequence. The water was three feet in depth and ran through a stone spout. The flow was slight, and the water of a greenish milky colour, with a strong and horrible smell of sulphur. "
Around the structure also are seats set around a stone forecourt. This structure was restored in as a stone plaque recalls :
" Edington Holy Well was renovated in 1937 in the memory of Margaret Charlotte Fownes Luttrell "
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