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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Maiden Well (Northumberland)Country: England County: Northumberland Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Wooler
Map Ref: NT9866427082
Latitude: 55.537458N Longitude: 2.022726W
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 |
0 | no data |
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Northumberland
"In a ravine at the base of Kettle Hill there is a well which was formerly visited every May day by young and old, who dropped in a crooked pin and wished a wish. This well was known as the Maiden Well.
The author of 'Highways and Byways in Northumberland' (1920) reports "Wooler has a wishing-well which is sometimes described as a monument of dead superstition, but the last time I was there the number of crooked pins dropped into the well and lying under its clear water indicated that the old beliefs had not yet died out"."
Source: Pastscape.
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