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<< Text Pages >> St Robert's Holy Well (Knaresborough) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Yorkshire (North)

Submitted by Anne T on Wednesday, 20 February 2019  Page Views: 920

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Robert's Holy Well (Knaresborough)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.777 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Knaresborough
Map Ref: SE36315649
Latitude: 54.003167N  Longitude: 1.447529W
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
Destroyed 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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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Yorkshire (North)

The site of this holy well is recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 53241, which tells us this well used to be situated a short distance above Grimald Bridge, in a field called Holykeld-Sykes on the northern side of the River Nidd. The well is a natural spring, but has now been piped into a modern watering system, with 'no trace of antiquity about the present structure'.

The Journal of Antiquities includes information about this well in their entry for St Robert’s Cave-Chapel And Holy Well, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire (scroll about half way down their web page). The Journal adds: "today that holy spot is the Monkswell Business Park, Manse Lane. However, the last vestiges of the said well/spring can still be seen although today it is a ‘wishing well’ into which locals throw coins!"

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