<< Text Pages >> Chapel Well (Donhead St Mary) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Wiltshire
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Chapel Well (Donhead St Mary)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.5 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Wiltshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Shaftesbury Nearest Village: Donhead St Mary
Map Ref: ST90372196
Latitude: 50.996951N Longitude: 2.1386W
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 |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Wiltshire
A flight of steps descend some six feet to the spring. But these days there seems to be little flow, possibly a result of abstraction of groundwater. A padlocked iron grille restricts access and views of the spring, as does the overgrown surrounding vegetation. The county SMR, as well as the name, tells us that a chapel once stood here. The chapel was demolished around 1840, but the site was walled around and planted with larch and fir trees to honour its sanctity. Clearly this was a holy well.
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