Featured: Ark of Secrets - Neolithic spirit alive in the Middle Ages

Ark of Secrets - Neolithic spirit alive in the Middle Ages

Random Image

Das Raetiastein GPS by Thomas Walli

Das Raetiastein GPS by Thomas Walli

Who's Online

There are currently, 423 guests and 2 members online.

You are a guest. To join in, please register for free by clicking here

Sponsors

<< Our Photo Pages >> Colet's Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Kent

Submitted by HOLYWELL on Tuesday, 29 August 2006  Page Views: 6380

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Colet's Well
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 3.434 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Kent Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Sevenoaks  Nearest Village: Otford
Map Ref: TQ5283459333
Latitude: 51.312590N  Longitude: 0.191500E
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
5 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.
4 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
4

Internal Links:
External Links:

Colet's Well
Colet's Well submitted by HOLYWELL : Colet's well Otford (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Kent.
Named according to Mrs. Burrows after the famous Christian philosopher. Local authors Clarke and Stoyol ( 1975 ) state that 'Colet's Well' House is built upon a monastery site, but they make no reference to the well, although it appears to lie within monastery gardens, suggesting a holy origin! Is this further supported by the tradition of a subterranean tunnel linking the House with Otford Mount?

Such legends are often connected with holy wells and are used by some authorities as evidence of leylines. The present owner of the property could not inform me of its origins, but noted that much of the fabric of the walls surrounding the house gardens had pieces of the abbey. The well itself is a circular deep well, with a square brick top, which supplied water via pump. I was informed that water is said to flow at times through the cellar of the house. Interesting the part of the house overlooking the well is said to be haunted!
Colet’s Well lays in the garden of Colet Well House, and hence access is difficult, serious enquiries can be made via letter.


You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.


Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.

Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
TQ5259 : Otford Pond by Richard Croft
by Richard Croft
©2007(licence)
TQ5259 : St.Bartholomew's tower by Richard Croft
by Richard Croft
©2007(licence)
TQ5259 : St Bartholomew's church and the Chantry House, Otford by Bikeboy
by Bikeboy
©2024(licence)
TQ5259 : Otford Village Sign by David Anstiss
by David Anstiss
©2009(licence)
TQ5259 : Church of St Bartholomew by N Chadwick
by N Chadwick
©2021(licence)

The above images may not be of the site on this page, they are loaded from Geograph.
Please Submit an Image of this site or go out and take one for us!


Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive OS map

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.


Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
 388m ESE 112° St Thomas a Becket's Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (TQ532592)
 1.1km ENE 74° Stumblebury Round Barrow(s) (TQ53845966)
 2.5km S 176° Saint John's Spring (Greatness) Holy Well or Sacred Spring (TQ531568)
 2.7km ESE 106° St Edith's Well (Kemsing)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (TQ5548458678)
 2.9km SSE 162° Millpond Wood Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (TQ53815661)
 6.2km ESE 122° Oldbury Hillfort* Hillfort (TQ582562)
 6.3km NNE 12° Eynsford Stone* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (TQ540655)
 6.3km ESE 119° Oldbury Rock Shelters* Cave or Rock Shelter (TQ5848056439)
 7.2km ESE 121° Redwell springs Holy Well or Sacred Spring (TQ591558)
 8.1km WSW 247° Holy Well (Westerham) Holy Well or Sacred Spring (TQ455559)
 8.3km E 92° Gateway granites* Ancient Trackway (TQ61175924)
 9.6km NW 320° Bromley Museum Museum (TQ465665)
 9.7km SE 130° Plaxtol Not Known (by us) (TQ605533)
 10.4km NNE 17° Sutton At Hone Enclosures Ancient Village or Settlement (TQ555694)
 11.0km E 92° Mount Mead* Round Barrow(s) (TQ63835933)
 11.1km SW 232° Squerries Park Camp Hillfort (TQ44285222)
 11.5km WNW 295° Caesar's Camp (Keston) Hillfort (TQ422639)
 11.8km N 350° Stonebill Green Deneholes Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry (TQ505709)
 11.9km WNW 295° Caesar's Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (TQ419640)
 11.9km NNW 343° Chalk Wood Denehole Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry (TQ491706)
 12.0km WNW 290° Warbank Ancient Village or Settlement (TQ414632)
 12.1km NW 325° Hobling Well Holy Well or Sacred Spring (TQ456691)
 12.3km N 9° Holy well (Hawley) Holy Well or Sacred Spring (TQ545715)
 12.3km E 79° White Horse Wood Barrow Round Barrow(s) (TQ649621)
 12.4km E 92° Chestnuts* Long Barrow (TQ65265917)
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< Holy Well (Belstone)

Pilgrim Spring >>

Please add your thoughts on this site

Build your own Stonehenge! (Model)

Build your own Stonehenge! (Model)

Sponsors

Auto-Translation (Google)

Translate from English into:

"Colet's Well" | Login/Create an Account | 1 comment
  
Go back to top of page    Comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.
Re: Colet's Well by JRB on Thursday, 07 November 2013
(User Info | Send a Message)
I'm not sure this well is georeferenced in the right place. By putting together The Holy wells of Otford Kent with the English Heritage List Entry, I get:
Map Ref: TQ528593
Latitude: 51.312640N Longitude: 0.191493E (WGS84) [Corrected]
[ Reply to This ]

Your Name: Anonymous [ Register Now ]
Subject:


Add your comment or contribution to this page. Spam or offensive posts are deleted immediately, don't even bother

<<< What is five plus one as a number? (Please type the answer to this question in the little box on the left)
You can also embed videos and other things. For Youtube please copy and paste the 'embed code'.
For Google Street View please include Street View in the text.
Create a web link like this: <a href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk">This is a link</a>  

Allowed HTML is:
<p> <b> <i> <a> <img> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <tt> <li> <ol> <ul> <object> <param> <embed> <iframe>

We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.