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Submitted by 4clydesdale7 on Tuesday, 05 January 2010 Page Views: 8660

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Red Well (Matson) Alternative Name: Holy Red Well
Country: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Gloucester Nearest Village: Matson
Map Ref: SO8479615289
Latitude: 51.836000N Longitude: 2.222062W
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

3 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

3 Access:

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
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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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4clydesdale7 visited on 4th Sep 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Well and nearby lake quite delightful - grey shed green railings and general area not so -

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**Red Well (Matson)** submitted by 4clydesdale7 : The Well from above (having just avoided injury from the HSE railings). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Holy Well in Gloucestershire

The siting of this Well on Pastscape is just a little inaccurate, which could cause problems on a visit because you cannot get to or see the Well directly from Matson Lane - driving S along Matson Lane you will first come across, on your left, the Hallmark Spa Hotel then on your right a row of houses followed by the entrance to the Dry Ski Slope - park in their carpark as near as you can to the entrance - then look N behind the houses you have just passed - you will see a fenced/padlocked gate area in which the Ski Slope jettison their rubbish and bits of artificial snow track.

You will need climbing skills to get over the gate/fence - having done so you will see a wide gap in a hedge on your left - go through that gap and turn immediately right walk for about 150m N and you will see the Well (or its obligatory HSE high green railings designed to impale any intruder seeking to use the Well) - the big surprise is a little beyond - a rather delightful and picturesque pond/lake - ignore the rather ugly grey shed - apart from the old village of Matson the neighbourhood is 'less than inviting' - anything not nailed to the ground has a tendency to wander (a bit like a certain Longstone?!) - lock your car - still it is worth at least one visit for the Well/Lake alone

From Pastscape:

"The Red Well at Matson consists of a 3ft. square limestone trough at the road-side, fed from a chalybeate spring in the field a few yards above it. The interior of the trough is 2ft. square by 1ft. deep, and its overflow is fed through a gargoyle into a semi-circular basin on the east side. Nearby are the remains of stones, which, if placed round the well, would give it the form of a Maltese cross. The spring belonged to the Canons of Llanthony, and its history dates from 1066, when Ralph de Mattesdon gave the church of Mattesdon to St. Peter's Abbey Gloucester."

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