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<< Our Photo Pages >> Pixy Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Somerset

Submitted by HOLYWELL on Monday, 18 February 2008  Page Views: 4748

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Pixy Well
Country: England County: Somerset Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
 Nearest Village: Allerford
Map Ref: SS9066646634
Latitude: 51.208414N  Longitude: 3.566539W
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
 3 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.
 5 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
 4

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Pixy Well
Pixy Well submitted by HOLYWELL : The odd shaped Pixy well (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Somerset

By a busy road, this conical beehive shaped structure is thought to be a dried up well called the Pixy Well. Why it was called the Pixy well no one in the village could tell me, but it may have related folklore like the Pixy well in Cornwall. The name may indicate a pagan origin.
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SS9046 : Allerford : Brandish Street by Lewis Clarke
by Lewis Clarke
©2019(licence)
SS9046 : Bridge for A39 at Piles Mill by David Smith
by David Smith
©2019(licence)
SS9046 : Bridge at Brandish Street by Roger Cornfoot
by Roger Cornfoot
©2018(licence)
SS9046 : Bridge over the River Aller by Graham Horn
by Graham Horn
©2012(licence)
SS9046 : Footbridge near Piles Mill by Derek Harper
by Derek Harper
©2015(licence)

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Re: Pixy Well by Anonymous on Monday, 31 January 2022
We were always told it was the ice house for Holnicote , why would there be a well next to the riverwell next to a river.
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Re: Pixy Well by rogerkread on Saturday, 05 May 2012
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I think the grid ref as given at the top of the page (SS905475) is for a different well - St Agnes' Fountain, also worth visiting but without the peculiar well head of this one. The well in the photograph is in Brandish Street right beside the A39, near Piles Mill, and its correct grid ref is approximately SS906467.
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    Re: Pixy Well by davidmorgan on Saturday, 05 May 2012
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    Updated, thanks.
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      Re: Pixy Well by Anonymous on Monday, 31 January 2022
      St Agnes Fountain is fed from a spring further up the hill behind it. There is another well, not sure where its fed from, in Selworthy Wood, known as (St) Catherines Well
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