<< Our Photo Pages >> Ewige Quelle - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Germany in North Rhine-Westphalia
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Ewige QuelleCountry: Germany
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Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Olsberg
Latitude: 51.320759N Longitude: 8.540890E
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 |
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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 |
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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Harald_Platta visited on 4th Mar 2017 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 3
It has been speculated that the hillfort, the rock outcrops and the well might have belonged to the Germanic Tamfana sanctuary mentioned by Tacitus.
Reference:
Stiftung Bruchhauser Steine (Hrsg.): Ewige Quelle.
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