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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Sulphur springCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 2.692 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Somerset Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Village: Childen Polden
Map Ref: ST37124085
Latitude: 51.163426N Longitude: 2.900639W
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 |
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Somerset
This site is clearly marked on the Landranger map with the note sulphur. It is said by Kelly's Directory to have healing qualities, and folklorist Tongue stated it was an eye well. Horne work on Somerset Holy wells noted that he had difficulty in dry weather finding this site. It can be found by the edge of a private field arising in small circular area with some signs of rockwork around it but infortunately with an ugly farm shed above it.
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