St Candida's Well [The Saints Well, Whitchurch Canonicorum] Holy Well or Sacred Spring : The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map:

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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Candida's Well Alternative Name: The Saints Well, Whitchurch Canonicorum
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.267 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Dorset Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Village: Morcombelake
Map Ref: SY3995193753 Landranger Map Number: 193
Latitude: 50.740267N Longitude: 2.852373W
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2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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5	Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4	Short walk on a footpath
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**St Candida's Well** submitted by HOLYWELL : The small well chamber of St Wite's well where healing waters still flow. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Holy Well / Spring in Dorset

This well is recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 449775, which tells us the well consists of "a flow of water exuding from the hillside through a modern pipe into a hollow in the ground presumably caused by cattle .... ccording to local tradition the water has special healing powers for the eyes".

The Journal of Antiquities also features a page for this well as part of their entry for St Candida’s Church, Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset; scroll down their page for a description, local tradition and a list of reference sources for more information.
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:

SY3993 : St Wites Well by N Chadwick — by N Chadwick
©2008(licence)

SY3993 : Morcombelake: St. Wite’s Well by Chris Downer — by Chris Downer
©2007(licence)

SY3993 : Field containing St Wite’s Well by Derek Harper — by Derek Harper
©2015(licence)

SY3993 : Track north of St Wites Well by N Chadwick — by N Chadwick
©2009(licence)

SY3993 : Gate on BOAT near Morcombelake by Derek Harper — by Derek Harper
©2015(licence)

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