<< Our Photo Pages >> Robin Hood's Well, Haslingden - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Lancashire
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Robin Hood's Well, HaslingdenCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 2.02 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Lancashire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Map Ref: SD77861954
Latitude: 53.671859N Longitude: 2.336596W
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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For more information see Pastscape Monument No. 44289, which tells us: "Robin Hood's Well is covered by a pyramidal sandstone block 1m square with water-worn hollows. The cover is supported on its E side by a flagstone and on its W by the stonework of a wall, thus raising it to a height of 0.8m from the ground. From beneath this cover a spring flows into a trough 1m square made of sandstone blocks set flush into the ground. The water in this trough then overflows into a soak-away."
The Journal of Antiquities also includes an entry for Robin Hood’s Well, Helmshore, Lancashire, which includes directions for finding this well, together with photographs, a description and a list of reference sources for more information.
The Journal adds "There are no records to say that Robin Hood’s Well ever had healing powers, or to it being a sacred spring, but it must have had some holiness attributed to it by the monks and pilgrims who visited it and drank of its waters back in the mists of time". The well is sited 1 mile to the north of Pilgrim's Cross on Holcombe Moor, on route to Whalley.
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