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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Lady Well, WoolpitCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.933 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Suffolk Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Village: Woolpit
Map Ref: TL9763362676 Landranger Map Number: 155
Latitude: 52.226811N Longitude: 0.892274E
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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larkwort visited on 31st Jan 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Off a short footpath in the wooded Ladyswell Nature Reserve, beside Heath Road (can be quite busy sometimes).
The well stream forms a loop, creating a sort of moat around the nature reserve, with a deeper pond at the other end of the small isle.
The well cover is quite old and dead song bird had gotten trapped under it and was floating in the well when we visited (I removed it). Worth remembering if you plan to take or use the spring water at all.
willowman1 visited on 7th Aug 2020 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 2 Access: 3 A dismal place. Calling this a 'well' is a disservice to other wells. Nothing more than mud, bricks and mdf boards.
myf ermine have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3 Access: 3.5
Information on this Medieval holy well can be found on Pastscape Monument No. 385276, which says "the water of which was said to be beneficial for bad eyes .... situated at the base of the moat, it is encased in brickwork with a metal capping. Scheduled."
The English Heritage entry for this well (list entry 1005992) does not contain any details, as it is one of their oldest records and the full description has not yet been entered, but does give a 10 digit grid reference.
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