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<< Our Photo Pages >> Holy Well (Edington) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Somerset

Submitted by HOLYWELL on Tuesday, 11 March 2008  Page Views: 10418

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Holy Well (Edington)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.086 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Somerset Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
 Nearest Village: Edington
Map Ref: ST3888639970
Latitude: 51.155705N  Longitude: 2.875236W
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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.
5 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
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Holy Well (Edington)
Holy Well (Edington) submitted by HOLYWELL : The dried up basin of the Edington Holy well Somerset (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Somerset

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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Holy Well (Edington)
Holy Well (Edington) submitted by ogham : I found this well to have plenty of water in it now after the weather we have had over the last year. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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ST3839 : Surrounding the Holy Well by Neil Owen
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ST3839 : Letterbox on Holywell Road by Neil Owen
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