<< Our Photo Pages >> King Charles's Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Leicestershire and Rutland
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: King Charles's Well Alternative Name: Carles TroughCountry: England County: Leicestershire and Rutland Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Market Harborough Nearest Village: Tur Langton
Map Ref: SP722949
Latitude: 52.547172N Longitude: 0.936713W
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| 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 |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 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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| 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 |
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King Charles's Well at Tur Langton was named after Charles I who reputedly stopped there to drink on his campaigns.
The well was the only source of water in the area and did not dry in the 1976 drought. The present structure dates to 1813.
Based on the description by, and used by kind permission of, Bob Trubshaw, from his Interactive Little-known Leicestershire and Rutland CD-ROM.
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