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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Single Well (Iflield) Alternative Name: St. Thomas's Well; Shingle WellCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 3.308 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Kent Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Gravesend Nearest Village: Ifield
Map Ref: TQ65387081
Latitude: 51.412194N Longitude: 0.376685E
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
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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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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Kent
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) features a page for this holy well, now destroyed - see their entry for Single Well, Ifield, Gravesend, Kent. TNA tells us: "Sadly the site is gone no longer in existence it was in the roadway along the Roman Watling Street, at its junction with Church Lane, where it joins the relatively recently named Hever Road with Mailings Cross. Local opinion, erroneously believes that its name derives from there only being one well in the district, but it originates from its substrate, being once called ‘Shinglewell’ describing the substrate. It ended its days as a traditional winch well, with a depth of 150 yards. Watt (1917) described the draw well as having a sign, reading ‘This water is not fit for drinking’— the result of contamination by a nearby stagnant pond. This wooden framework was removed during the First World War, when the well was filled in and domed over. Later, in 1935, a granite slab inscribed with: ‘Site of the Ancient Well, Singlewell Parish or Ifield’ was placed there. Unfortunately, this was removed by the County Council in 1952, and along with the combination of road improvements, the site was largely forgotten."
Just over 70 metres to the north north west, Pastscape records a now lost farm and 12th to 13th century chapel, for which this may have been the water source - see Pastscape Monument No. 413629. The whole area is now covered by modern housing developments.
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