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Unless otherwise stated, this image is the copyright of the submitter. Contact them for permission to reproduce it. |  | | Description | If one looks at the map on Defra, the wall behind the raised beds, beneath the balcony, delineates the site and course of the well. Aside from the plaque, there is nothing obvious there to denote a holy well.
The entry on Pastscape strongly suggests the holy well remains within the main fabric of the castle (grid ref SK20620392); however, the castle staff dug in a book, knowing nothing of the holy well when I enquired. The book shows a holy well on the lower terraces in what would have been the bailey of the castle. What survives there today does not resemble the picture in the book; indeed, one wonders if the issue of water, or any structure survives, in spite of there being a commemorative plaque amongst raised flower beds on the south west exterior of the Ankerside Shopping Centre, on the lowest level near the river. This is consistent with the location displayed on the DEFRA MAGIC Map at SK 207 038. The well is attributed to St Ruffin, brother of St Wulfhad, both murdered by their father, King Wulfhere, in 665 AD owing to their conversion to Christ. Their grave, set up by their mother, gave the name to the town of Stone. Another St Ruffin's Well is purportedly situated to the south east of Stone. |
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