<< Text Pages >> St Agnes Fountain - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Somerset
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Agnes FountainCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.2 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Somerset Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Minehead Nearest Village: Selworthy
Map Ref: SS905474
Latitude: 51.215268N Longitude: 3.569149W
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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 |
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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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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Somerset
Go through Allerford to Bossington, climb up the hill trackway and take a gate on the right to a footpath through the woods along the contour of the hill for a few hundred yards.
A water source which issues into a small chamber from an old pipe set amongst large stones in the hillside at the junction of several National trust footpaths. Has the appearance of a Victorian "Grotto" and indeed references in a NT Walks leaflet and in the diary of the rector of Selworthy in 1824, suggest the fountain was named after the youngest daughter of Sir Thomas Acland who owned the Estate.
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