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<< Our Photo Pages >> Robin Hood's Well ( Yorkshire) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Yorkshire (North)

Submitted by HOLYWELL on Sunday, 16 May 2010  Page Views: 13582

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Robin Hood's Well ( Yorkshire)
Country: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring

Map Ref: SE2767868295  Landranger Map Number: 99
Latitude: 54.109795N  Longitude: 1.578145W
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
4 Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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
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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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Anne T visited on 5th Sep 2015 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 3 Robin Hood's Well at Fountain's Abbey, North Yorkshire: After our visit to Ripon Cathedral to see the Anglo Saxon/Pre-Norman stones, we took our small grand-daughter over to Fountains Abbey to enjoy the sunshine in a beautiful location. Walking past the Abbey to Studley Royal Water Gardens, we retraced our steps on the opposite side of the River Skell to the Abbey ruins. I'd spotted this structure on the walk down and said "that looks like a well". When we went past it on the return leg of our walk, it was indeed a well, although dry. It wasn't until I got back and checked on the Portal that I found out it was "Robin Hood's Well."

The stones on the left hand side, as you face the well, look as if they are being undermined by the wear on the track that leads up past it to the woods, but comparing the photographs submitted in 2010, it hasn't changed much.

Peering inside the well, there is a stone channel on the left hand side at the top/back of the well which routes water (if there is any) into the basin at the bottom.

Robin Hood's Well ( Yorkshire)
Robin Hood's Well ( Yorkshire) submitted by HOLYWELL : A Victorian fancy or pagan site? More likely the other as Robert James Culverwell in his "The Enjoyment of Life; or Health, Recreation and Rational use of Time, 1850" notes: Yet for awhile let gay fancy beguile us with merry visions of the past. On this glade, the Curtal Friar of Fountains encountered Robin Hood, whom at length he threw into the Skell and, afterwards, fought to his heart's con... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Possible Holy Well in North Yorkshire. A Victorian fancy or pagan site? Robert James Culverwell in his "The Enjoyment of Life; or Health, Recreation and Rational use of Time, 1850" notes: Yet for awhile let gay fancy beguile us with merry visions of the past. On this glade, the Curtal Friar of Fountains encountered Robin Hood, whom at length he threw into the Skell and, afterwards, fought to his heart's content.

Then whistled out so many of his good ban dogs; but Little John let his arrows fly among them that "the Friar that had kept Fountain-dale seven long years and more" was brought to his sense in a trice. Presently we shall be seduced to halt at a shady knoll; and while reclining by the crystal well that still bears the outlaw's name, may pleasurably recall the rude romaunt that lingers in each youthful mind. Tradition points to a large bow and arrow, graven in the north east angle of the Lady Chapel, as a record of this dire affray. They bear no affinity to those symbols used by masons, but have, I fancy, induced the report mentioned by Ritson, that Robin's bow and arrows were preserved at Fountains Abbey.

A delightful site which has improved in the last few years and now has the water running from it.
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Robin Hood's Well ( Yorkshire)
Robin Hood's Well ( Yorkshire) submitted by Anne T : The well doesn't look as if it has changed much since the original photographs submitted back in 2010. The structure is clearly visible from the opposite side of the River Skell, walking past the Abbey ruins to Studley Royal Water Gardens. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Robin Hood's Well ( Yorkshire)
Robin Hood's Well ( Yorkshire) submitted by HOLYWELL : Robin Hood's Well in the grounds of Fountains Abbey (Vote or comment on this photo)

Robin Hood's Well ( Yorkshire)
Robin Hood's Well ( Yorkshire) submitted by Anne T : The interior of the well. At the top back left hand corner there appears to be a stone channel which funnels water into the basin. The well was completely dry at the time of our visit. A small channel in the front stone would allow water to pour out onto the ground in front of the well then run downhill into the River Skell. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SE2768 : Robin Hood's Well by Derek Harper
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SE2768 : Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Garden [25] by Michael Dibb
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SE2768 : Robin Hood's Well by Gordon Hatton
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SE2768 : Weir on the Skell by Gordon Hatton
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SE2768 : Footpath by Garry Smales
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Re: Robin Hood's Well ( Yorkshire) by coldrum on Wednesday, 13 October 2010
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