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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Glebe Well (Lonan Church) Alternative Name: St Adamnan's Well (Kirk Lonan); Chibbyr OnanCountry: Channel Islands and Isle of Man Island: Isle of Man Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Douglas Nearest Village: Baldrine / Onchan
Map Ref: SC42577937
Latitude: 54.185871N Longitude: 4.414105W
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 Isle of Man
This well is recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 31236, which says: "(this is an) early medieval well discovered at the lower corner of the Glebe, about 143 yards west of Lonan Old Church. The well was triangular in shape and formed in the bed of a running streamlet of three great blocks of stone set on edge. It was likely that it was used for baptism".
The Journal of Antiquities also includes a brief mention of this well as part of their page for Lonan Church Crosses, Isle Of Man.
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