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<< Our Photo Pages >> Holy Well (Blakemere) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Herefordshire

Submitted by Sunny100 on Tuesday, 24 July 2012  Page Views: 3132

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Holy Well (Blakemere) Alternative Name: Blakemere holy well
Country: England County: Herefordshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Hay-on-Wye  Nearest Village: Blakemere
Map Ref: SO37254128
Latitude: 52.066321N  Longitude: 2.916798W
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 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.
no data 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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AJHL visited on 1st Jan 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 2 Access: 5 The site is on private land, essentially in someone’s front garden. You can see it over the fence but cannot get right up to it due to the setting.

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Holy Well (Blakemere)
Holy Well (Blakemere) submitted by geoffstickland : A lovely spot, the pool well maintained (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Herefordshire
At the hamlet of Holywell three-quarters of a mile east of Blakemere. Close by Holywell Farm (on private land) a small pool of water fed by a naturally-formed spring is all that now remains of a once sacred site. The hamlet takes its name from the holy well.

Long ago part of an ancient cross stood by the well. This had Celtic-style interlacing in the form of long loops that formed a cross. The artefact was excavated from the field nearby, but its whereabouts are unknown. We know that the holy well/spring was venerated by the faithful from early Christian times, though, in fact, it is a natural underground spring and therefore predates Christianity from a geological point of view.

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SO3741 : Cottage at Holywell by Jonathan Billinger
by Jonathan Billinger
©2007(licence)
SO3741 : Holywell Stream by Jonathan Billinger
by Jonathan Billinger
©2015(licence)
SO3741 : Holywell Stream by Jonathan Billinger
by Jonathan Billinger
©2015(licence)
SO3741 : Farmland at Holywell by Philip Halling
by Philip Halling
©2010(licence)
SO3741 : Wheat field, Preston on Wye by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
©2022(licence)

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 1.1km W 260° Blakemere Church Stone* Marker Stone (SO362411)
 3.1km SW 217° Peterchurch St Peter's Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SO35333880)
 3.8km SSW 198° Poston Camp Hillfort (SO3598937647)
 4.0km W 275° Great Llanavon Farm* Long Barrow (SO3322441689)
 4.5km WNW 293° Pentre House Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SO33154307)
 4.7km WNW 282° Dorstone Hill* Ancient Village or Settlement (SO32604230)
 4.8km SSE 162° Timberline Camp Hillfort (SO387367)
 4.9km NW 310° Bredwardine Church* Carving (SO33484450)
 5.7km WNW 288° Arthur's Stone* Chambered Tomb (SO3188843124)
 5.7km WNW 301° Chapel field Hillfort (SO32404425)
 5.9km NW 305° The Knapp (Bredwardine)* Ancient Village or Settlement (SO32454467)
 6.5km E 85° Holy Well (Swainshill)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SO43724177)
 6.5km W 278° The Golden Well (Dorstone) Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SO30804228)
 7.7km SSE 165° Dunseal* Round Barrow(s) (SO391338)
 8.0km WSW 239° Wern Derys* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SO30363726)
 8.3km E 83° Holy Well (Garway)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SO45554224)
 8.4km ESE 103° Eaton Camp* Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle (SO454393)
 8.5km ENE 67° Credenhill Camp* Hillfort (SO451445)
 9.8km S 171° Minns Close Tump Wood* Causewayed Enclosure (SO38693162)
 12.1km SW 214° Llanveyno Crosses* Ancient Cross (SO3031131361)
 12.1km WNW 300° St Peter's Well, Whitney on Wye* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SO268475)
 12.7km NE 36° Bush Bank* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SO4496251449)
 12.8km SW 223° St. Thomas' Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SO28433201)
 13.0km SE 145° Kilpeck church* Early Christian Sculptured Stone (SO44513051)
 13.3km WSW 258° Twyn-Y-Beddau* Round Barrow(s) (SO2414838610)
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