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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Olavskilden Alternative Name: Saint Olaf's Well, Saint Olav's WellCountry: Norway
NOTE: This site is 0.887 km away from the location you searched for.
Fylke: Sør-Trøndelag Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Trondheim
Latitude: 63.425077N Longitude: 10.394665E
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 |
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Sør-Trøndelag
A holy well fed by pipes from Nidaros Cathedral to the north; originally attributed to Saint Olaf's burial there in 1030. Much more on Saint Olaf's Shrine on Wikipedia.
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