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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Saint John's Spring (Greatness) Alternative Name: Our Lady of Greatness springCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.381 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Kent Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Sevenoaks
Map Ref: TQ531568
Latitude: 51.289759N Longitude: 0.194227E
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 |
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Kent
Described as a chalybeate spring flowing into a stone cistern and associated with Our Lady of Greatness chapel. It was probably destroyed in 1931.
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