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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St John the Baptist's Well (Helmsdale)Country: Scotland
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County: Highlands Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Helmsdale
Map Ref: ND025156
Latitude: 58.118586N Longitude: 3.656704W
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 |
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Highlands
This is a stone built wellhouse sitting beside a path along the River Helmsdale. Water from the well flows across the track and into the river. The well is located just across the river from the site of St John the Baptist’s Chapel whose probable remains consist of a low earth bank in a burial ground.
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