<< Our Photo Pages >> Meg's Well, Aydon - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Northumberland
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Meg's Well, AydonCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 2.681 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Northumberland Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Corbridge Nearest Village: Aydon
Map Ref: NZ0070465949
Latitude: 54.988133N Longitude: 1.990531W
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 |
0 | no data |
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Meg's Well, Aydon.
Aydon Village is quite well kept and pretty, with some architectural interest, and Aydon Castle nearby. Meg's Well, though, is in a sorry state and quite neglected.
The well is in a corner of a field adjacent to the village road.
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