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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Fairy Well (Preesall)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.337 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Lancashire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Knott End On Sea Nearest Village: Preesall
Map Ref: SD3671147562
Latitude: 53.920313N Longitude: 2.965146W
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 |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Lancashire
This well is marked on the 1913 OS map, and is located on the northern edge of Preesall Hill. The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) include a page for this site - see their entry for Fairy Well, Preesall, Overwyre, Lancashire, which includes directions for finding the site, photographs of the now boggy water of the well and a brief archaeology & history.
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