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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Anne''s Well (Strathaven)Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 5.223 km away from the location you searched for.
County: South Lanarkshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Strathaven
Map Ref: NS70394438
Latitude: 55.675555N Longitude: 4.062588W
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 South Lanarkshire
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) features a page for this seemingly long lost well - see their entry for St. Anne’s Well, Strathaven, Lanarkshire which includes an image of the location of the well on the 1865 OS map, local photographs of the what appeared to be the still extant spring and descriptions from 19th and 20th century references.
TNA adds a quote from Downie's 1979 book: "A small lane off Todshill went down to a cluster of houses called St. Anne’s Well nestling on the sloping ground beside the mill dam. In 1911 these houses were acquired and demolished by the Town Improvement Committee. A row of houses backing backing on to Powmillon Burn were also demolished at the same time and a retaining wall with railings erected, so opening up a very fine view of the castle and burn etc.” but then say: "…So it seems that the spring of water that Lara, Aisha, Gordon and I came across was obviously not the same place, but exists just below the roadside where the disused railway line is. It’s close to St Anne’s Well – but is not the same water source."
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