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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Mungo's Well (Cumbria) Alternative Name: St Kentigern's Well (Caldbeck)Country: England
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County: Cumbria Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Carlisle Nearest Village: Caldbeck
Map Ref: NY3251339910 Landranger Map Number: 90
Latitude: 54.749590N Longitude: 3.049994W
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| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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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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Anne T visited on 14th Aug 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 St Kentigern's Well, Caldbeck: This was our last stop of the day, and to a part of Cumbria we've never travelled through before. From St. Bridget's in Brigham, we followed the B5299 to Caldbeck village, which took us over cattle grids and moorlands, with only sheep and the occasional other car in sight.
Caldbeck is a really pretty little village, and we resolved to come back during the daytime, when the shops, church and café were open.
The well can be easily found by walking down the footpath to the west of the church, until you get to the bridge over the river. As it says in the "Holy Wells of Cumbria" booklet, turn left just before the bridge, and you immediately come to some steps down the (steep-ish) bank to the river. We heard the trickle of water down the slope, and the well basin comes into view as you look down. At the time of our visit the water missed the basin and was trickling down the rock, under the shrubbery, into the river. There was a fair flow of water coming down the bank.
We walked along the footpath along the northern side of the churchyard for about 100mand found a lovely weir with small waterfalls. It was possible to walk down to the gravel beach. A lovely spot indeed.
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This well is described in the "Holy Wells of Cumbria" booklet by the Cumbria Holy Wells Trust 2008.
The well can be reached by walking down the footpath at the western side of St. Kentigern's Church. As you reach the bridge over the river, a footpath heads off to your left. Step onto the footpath and look down; a set of stone steps leads down the slope to the river, with the well basin to their left hand side.
The Holy Wells booklet describes this as "restored and beautifully cared for … there was a long tradition of St Kentigern preaching and baptising here."
This holy well is recorded as Pastscape Monument No 10481, which describes the well as having first being mentioned in 1231 and is "a stone lined basin approx. 1m square filled with water issuing from the bank." Pastscape gives the grid reference as NY 3248 3989, but the well is nearer the church and the bridge, at NY 32513 39910, some 40 metres to the east-north-east.
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