<< Our Photo Pages >> St. Mary's Well (Compton) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Surrey
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St. Mary's Well (Compton) Alternative Name: Luddwelle, Mother Ludlam's CaveCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.512 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Surrey Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Farnham Nearest Village: Compton
Map Ref: SU870457
Latitude: 51.203897N Longitude: 0.756078W
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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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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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 |
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graemefield visited on 1st Jan 2000 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3
The noticeboard close by suggests that the name Ludlam comes from the Celtic for "loud bubbling stream", which indicated a longer history.
The cave is reached by taking the footpath to the left just up Camp Hill, across the bridge from the Abbey ruins.
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