<< Our Photo Pages >> Fontaine de Barenton - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in France in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35)
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Fontaine de BarentonCountry: France Département: Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Paimpont Nearest Village: Folle Pensee
Latitude: 48.038439N Longitude: 2.246888W
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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X-Ice visited on 25th Aug 1982 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3
Ogham have visited here
Holy well in the Broceliande forest. Many myths and legends about King Arthur and Merlin are connected with this site. In the Breton tradition it is a holy well. Today this well is still highly frequentated to get healing.
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