<< Our Photo Pages >> Hatherleigh St. John's Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Devon
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Hatherleigh St. John's WellCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 6.6 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Devon Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Village: Hatherleigh
Map Ref: SS5523104363
Latitude: 50.820663N Longitude: 4.056614W
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 |
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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 |
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This is a delightful brick well house with a wooden door found across the common. The well was used by Tavistock abbey, but no properties are noted for it.
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