<< Our Photo Pages >> Skipperhams Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Somerset
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Skipperhams Well Alternative Name: St Cyprian's WellCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 6.504 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Somerset Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Taunton Nearest Village: Beercrocombe
Map Ref: ST329188
Latitude: 50.964696N Longitude: 2.956884W
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 |
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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 |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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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 |
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Somerset
Skipperhams Well lies on private land at the edge of a field. We were shown the well by it’s very proud owner and found that it consists of a stone basin which is stained by the iron rich water that bubbles up into it and drains away into an adjacent wood.
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