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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Bega's Well (St Bees)Country: England County: Cumbria Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Egremont Nearest Village: St Bees
Map Ref: NX9751413094
Latitude: 54.502770N Longitude: 3.58415W
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 or Sacred Spring in Cumbria
The location of this well is shown on the Historic England map search, to the east of St Michael's Chapel and at the edge of an area of woodland. Classified as a holy well, it is recorded in the Cumbria Historic Environment Records as HER no. 3680, which tells us that: "St Bega's Well is exactly opposite Chapel How (St Michael's Chapel), ca 150 yards east of the road, with traces of a lane leading down to it. It is now covered over and overgrown."
The HER entry points us to a document by CA Parker, dated 1909, "Some medieval crosses, cross sites and cross names in West Cumberland" (CWAAS IX, pages 113-114)", which adds: "The chapel by the roadside was probably connected with the well one hundred feet lower down the hillside, and a supply of the water may have been kept at the chapel for the benefit of wayfarers".
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