<< Text Pages >> Willibrordusput en -kapel (Alphen) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Netherlands in Noord-Brabant
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Willibrordusput en -kapel (Alphen)Country: Netherlands
NOTE: This site is 0.819 km away from the location you searched for.
Province: Noord-Brabant Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Alphen
Latitude: 51.491250N Longitude: 4.946770E
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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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Noord-Brabant
Holy Well, according legend made by Anglo-Saxon missionary and saint Willibrord in the 8th Century.
The well dried up during the 1980s or 90s, probably because of the lowering of the groundwater level.
Article from the Dutch Meertens Instituut.
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