<< Text Pages >> Virgin's Well (Spilsby) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Lincolnshire
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Virgin's Well (Spilsby)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.288 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Lincolnshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Spilsby Nearest Village: East Keal
Map Ref: TF381654
Latitude: 53.167808N Longitude: 0.064431E
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 Lincolnshire
This once arose amongst several chalybeate in a wood one mile north from the church. However, by 1920 was drained off by the Spilsby water works, only the name Virgin’s Plantation preserve its history.
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