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<< Text Pages >> The Blue Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Kent

Submitted by HOLYWELL on Sunday, 24 February 2008  Page Views: 3704

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: The Blue Well
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 6.086 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Kent Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Dover  Nearest Village: Ringwould
Map Ref: TR379480
Latitude: 51.181698N  Longitude: 1.402615E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
1 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Kent

This lost site is a very old well with a long haunting tradition suggests of the Blue Lady or the ghost of Romney Codd. She haunts the cliff path along Old Stairs Walk to Kingsdown House grounds, looking for her lover, stopping at the Blue Well to drink! She has variously seen as a Druid Priestess, Juno, the daughter of Mithras, or Freya's daughter or even a nun! All suggest that the spring itself may once have been of significance! One legends tells that her lover was murdered by her father. A glimpse of her is said to be good luck for the village. One occasion in 1860 resulted in one of the finest fishing years. She is still seen at occasions although Kingsdown House has now been demolished, and a holiday camp has been erected on its land. The spring was tapped to supply water for the house but the brick conduit tunnels are said still to exist.
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