<< Our Photo Pages >> Fairy Well (Aikton) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Cumbria
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Fairy Well (Aikton)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.164 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cumbria Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Village: Aikton
Map Ref: NY27635340
Latitude: 54.870113N Longitude: 3.129216W
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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Anne T visited on 14th Jun 2020 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 1 Access: 5 Fairy Well (Aikton): just after lockdown rules were relaxed marginally, and it was possible to travel short distances for reasons other than work or exercise, we needed to travel very near to Aikton, so took a short detour to try and find this well. There were plenty of walkers and other cars, but, as defined by lockdown law, no shops open, and no well to find!
Actually, not quite true, as peering down into the ditch, some water was visible bubbling up from the ground, running along a ditch to the south side of the hedge running along the northern edge of the field, but it was very difficult to find.
The gate into the field was open, so we looked along the other side of the hedge - all we could see were huge lumps of stone and concrete, which had been dumped along the ditch-line. Apart from a large lump of stone by the field gate, which looked as if it had simple architectural carving on it.
Information from Pastscape:
"The Fairy Well, 250 yards east of the Post Office at Aikton, is listed as a Holy Well.
The well is stone lined and measures 0.6 x 0.8m."
Pastscape Monument No. 10061
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