<< Our Photo Pages >> St. Ethelburga's Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Kent
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St. Ethelburga's WellCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 3.599 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Kent Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Canterbury Nearest Village: Herne
Map Ref: TR203656
Latitude: 51.346762N Longitude: 1.162045E
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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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 |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Kent
This well is often noted as being at Herne, but is in fact close to the old Ford Ecclesiastical Palace. The Palace site is now occupied by Ford Manor Farm, and the well may be found by taking the footpath opposite the farm.
I visited in May 2005, and, passing through a gate, the well is far from obvious, and I could not identify it until directed by a local resident. It is very overgrown, with a clump of brambles around a central tree, the whole surrounded by a derelict fence. Close investigation showed water in the depths – my informant told me that thirty years ago this was plainly visible.
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