<< Our Photo Pages >> Fair Lady Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Somerset
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Fair Lady WellCountry: England
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County: Somerset Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Village: Priddy
Map Ref: ST54515079
Latitude: 51.254450N Longitude: 2.653225W
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 |
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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 |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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lamaick visited on 3rd Jan 2015 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 I did not observe any stone work here.
Priddy's holy well has perhaps a prehistoric origin being close to Roman lead mines and other prehistoric remains. It is mentioned in as a boundary mark in the 13th Century and also listed among those that define the Bishop of Wells bounds on the Mendips for the Royalty on lead belong to the Bishopric. It appears to have become Fair Lady well as noted on the map, but was noted as Fairwell before this. Horne noted some remains of walling at the back of the well. There still appears to be some stone work remaining surrounding this spoon shaped pool.
To find the site park in the car park, take the footpath. After passing the pools on the left you will come across a cross roads and here there is a white sign, Turn right and the spring is immediately beneath the trees.
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