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<< Our Photo Pages >> Conkwell well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Wiltshire

Submitted by vicky on Monday, 29 March 2004  Page Views: 10344

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Conkwell well
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.8 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Wiltshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
 Nearest Village: Winsley
Map Ref: ST791626  Landranger Map Number: 172
Latitude: 51.362078N  Longitude: 2.301571W
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
 no data 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.
 no data 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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ST7962 : A short walk around Conkwell [27] by Michael Dibb
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ST7962 : A short walk around Conkwell [28] by Michael Dibb
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ST7962 : A short walk around Conkwell [1] by Michael Dibb
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ST7962 : 2007 : Conkwell by Maurice Pullin
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ST7962 : A short walk around Conkwell [26] by Michael Dibb
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 402m ENE 60° Conkwell stone circle* Stone Circle (ST79456280)
 741m NE 52° Jug's Grave* Round Barrow(s) (ST79696305)
 1.7km SW 220° Shingle Bell* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (ST780613)
 2.2km SSE 156° Winsley Chambered Tomb (ST800606)
 2.3km SE 144° Turleigh Trows* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (ST8044960725)
 2.9km NW 326° Bathampton Camp* Hillfort (ST77456502)
 3.2km NW 324° Bathampton* Standing Stones (ST772652)
 3.3km NNE 22° Monk's Conduit (Monkton Farleigh)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (ST8036265692)
 3.4km NW 312° Bathampton Round Barrow 2* Round Barrow(s) (ST76616489)
 3.7km ESE 119° Ladywell (Bradford on Avon)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (ST823608)
 3.7km SW 217° Hill Farm Barrow (Somerset) Round Barrow(s) (ST76855969)
 3.7km ESE 117° St Laurence's Church (Bradford on Avon)* Early Christian Sculptured Stone (ST8241960914)
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 4.4km SW 223° The Giants Graves Cist (ST761594)
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 4.6km WNW 298° Sacred Spring, Bath* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (ST7505364726)
 4.7km WNW 300° Bath Postal Museum* Museum (ST7504564998)
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 6.4km NW 317° St Mary's Well (Charlcombe)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (ST748673)
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Re: Conkwell by Malarchist on Sunday, 16 June 2019
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Not much water flowing the other day, unlike Turleigh Trows which gushes forth at a tremendous rate. What water there was, was murky and unappealing. I've only ever seen a trickle issuing. It'd be good to give it a bit of a clean up, perhaps dredge out the source a bit, and maybe the flow would be better.
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Re: Conkwell by Anonymous on Sunday, 29 April 2007
i WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE SOME PICTURES AND A MAP AS i AM INTERESTED IN WALKING THE AREA.
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    Re: Conkwell by Klingon on Sunday, 29 April 2007
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    For maps just click the icons at the "External links" row. You're welcome to contribute some photos of sites in this area, this would be a great pleasure for all.
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Re: Conkwell by kernunos on Friday, 15 April 2005
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A settlement has stood here since Saxon times, but the current well house is much more recent in origin. It is situated at the bottom of a steep street, in fact the only street in the village, near to a house called 'Cromwell's Rest'. Oliver Cromwell is said to have rested here between battles and his men are said to have poisoned all of the wells in the area other than this one.

There are no known saints associations with this well but it is believed to have been used as a wishing well. But then many such wells that were so central to all aspects of rural village life were used for more than just drawing drinking water and washing clothes.
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