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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Lady Well (Hartshead) Alternative Name: Ladies Well (Hartshead)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.5 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (West) Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Dewsbury Nearest Village: Hartshead
Map Ref: SE1788423487
Latitude: 53.707506N Longitude: 1.730549W
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 Yorkshire (West)
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) features a page for this well - see their entry for Lady Well, Hartshead, West Yorkshire, which gives directions for finding the site (off Ladywell Lane, under a hawthorn bush), together with a copy of the 1852 OS map showing the location of the well, photographs, a brief archaeology & history and local folklore.
TNA add: "Local folklore tells that Robin Hood stopped here to drink the waters—but then we find an abundance of the pagan outlaw’s activities all round here. The nearby church of St.Peter is aligned to the equinoxes and may well be an indication of when pre-christian celebrations occurred here. The yew tree in churchyard was where Robin Hood was supposed to have taken wood to fashion one of his bows. Modern folklore also ascribes the well to be along a ley line."
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