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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Caesar's Well (Wimbledon) Alternative Name: Robin Hood's Well, Springpond WellCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.867 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Greater London Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Village: Wimbledon
Map Ref: TQ22377151
Latitude: 51.429391N Longitude: 0.241166W
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 |
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Sacred Spring in Greater London
One of many springs that arise on the common, being named such being about 400 yards due north of an iron age Hill fort called Caesar's Camp, dated c 250 BCE. The well was long called, on very little provenance, Robin Hood Well. This may suggest that the well has long pagan history
The well was part of plan to provide Chelsea with water via a London aqueduct company. This scheme failed, and in 1872 the brick surround was replaced by the present structure of twelve massive slabs radiating from the lip of the well.
The well is now filled with black sludge, and one is less likely to test the claim that the water has medicinal properties.
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