<< Text Pages >> Fairy Well (Barrow Gurney) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Somerset
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Fairy Well (Barrow Gurney)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.638 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Somerset Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Long Ashton Nearest Village: Barrow Gurney
Map Ref: ST532686
Latitude: 51.414475N Longitude: 2.674342W
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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The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) have a page for this almost lost sacred well - see their entry for the Fairy Well, Barrow Gurney, Somerset.
TNA give directions for finding the site, together with a brief archaeology & history and local folklore. They note that "Little of historical nature is known of this site, found in the dip near the stream, though it was much frequented in bygone centuries as a curative place for sore eyes ... It is likely that the fairy association here derived from the proximity of a nearby prehistoric tomb, cairn or similar archaeological remain."
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