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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Holy well at Holywell FarmCountry: England County: Kent Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Map Ref: TQ85106695
Latitude: 51.371434N Longitude: 0.657926E
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 in Kent
"A flat sarsen slab, 5ft. square and 9 inches thick, found when ploughing, appears to cover the lost holy well which gave its name to Holywell Farm. It covered a roughly circular opening which had been filled in with flint nodules. Probing showed the well to be 5.5ft. deep with the water level at 4.5ft. No masonry was observed but the filling was not removed. Situated in the valley bottom, c. 130ft. from the stream, 400ft. from the crown of Holywell Lane and 17ft. from the fence bounding the lane to Lower Halstow.
This well has been filled and the field is now an orchard; there is nothing to mark its site but an approximate siting by a farm worker closely agrees with the position given by Evans. The sarsen which covered it has been moved into a pasture field on the other (N.) side of the lane."
Source: Exploring Kent's Past
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