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<< Text Pages >> Lifton Holy Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Devon

Submitted by HOLYWELL on Thursday, 03 April 2008  Page Views: 4339

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Lifton Holy Well
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.36 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Devon Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
 Nearest Village: Lifton
Map Ref: SX389848
Latitude: 50.640564N  Longitude: 4.279721W
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
3 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
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Devon

The water of this spring flows from a brickwall over a lipped mouth, and is found along a lane down the church near some steps. Its water was used by baptism in the nearby church of St Andrew.

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SX3884 : South Lodge, Lifton by Derek Harper
by Derek Harper
©2007(licence)
SX3884 : South Lodge Lifton by Rod Allday
by Rod Allday
©2011(licence)
SX3884 : View from River Lyd by Michael Westley
by Michael Westley
©2022(licence)
SX3884 : Lifton: the river Lyd near Lifton Bridge by Martin Bodman
by Martin Bodman
©2005(licence)
SX3884 : River Lyd below Lifton Bridge by Hugh Craddock
by Hugh Craddock
©2013(licence)

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