Arethousa Well Holy Well or Sacred Spring : The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map:

<< Text Pages >> Arethousa Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Greece in Greek Islands

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Friday, 28 June 2013 Page Views: 1477

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Arethousa Well
Country: Greece Region: Greek Islands Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Perachori
Latitude: 38.324835N Longitude: 20.743694E
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

no data Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

no data Access:

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.

no data Accuracy:

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

4
Be the first person to rate this site - see the 'Contribute!' box in the right hand menu.

Internal Links:

External Links:

· NEW: I have visited
· I would like to visit

· Submit an Image
· Add a description
· Give accurate position
· Add a comment or news about this site

Sacred spring in Greek Islands (Aegean etc)

Mythical well of Odysseus' swineherder Eumaeus.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.

Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.

Nearby Images from Flickr

The above images may not be of the site on this page, but were taken nearby. They are loaded from Flickr so please click on them for image credits.

Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive map of the area

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.

Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
204m SE 140° Cave of Eumaeus Cave or Rock Shelter
5.5km NW 321° Cave of the Nymphs Cave or Rock Shelter
6.4km WNW 302° Alalkomenes Ancient Village or Settlement
9.0km SW 226° Kefalonia Acropolis* Ancient Temple
16.2km NW 324° Louizos Cave Cave or Rock Shelter
17.7km NNW 329° School of Homer Ancient Village or Settlement
19.8km S 173° Póros Acropolis Ancient Village or Settlement
20.4km S 176° Tzanáta Mycenaean Tomb* Rock Cut Tomb
24.4km S 177° Proni Hillfort
25.8km SW 229° Krani Ancient Village or Settlement
25.9km SSE 168° Skála temple of Apollo* Ancient Temple
29.2km SW 215° Mazarakata Necropolis Rock Cut Tomb
31.8km NNW 327° Cap Doukato* Ancient Temple
31.9km SW 220° Ammes Livathous* Stone Circle
33.5km NNW 347° Choirospilia* Cave or Rock Shelter
41.4km N 355° Nidri Bronze Age Tumuli* Barrow Cemetery
45.2km NNE 31° Alyzia Kastri* Hillfort
47.7km N 352° Lefkada Beehive Tomb Burial Chamber or Dolmen
53.5km N 357° Nyrikos* Ancient Village or Settlement
53.9km N 4° Sterna Kastro Hillfort
56.8km N 357° Archaeological Museum of Lefkada* Museum
57.3km N 7° Palairos* Ancient Village or Settlement
58.7km E 80° Pleuron* Ancient Village or Settlement
62.6km NE 52° Stratos Temple of Zeus* Ancient Temple
63.2km NE 52° Stratos theatre* Ancient Village or Settlement
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< Proni

Cave of Eumaeus >>

Featured: Lost Secrets - an adventure during Neolithic times

Random Image

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds

Who's Online

Sponsors

More Choices