<< Our Photo Pages >> Low Well (Great Strickland) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Cumbria
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Low Well (Great Strickland)Country: England County: Cumbria Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Eamont Bridge Nearest Village: Great Strickland
Map Ref: NY56242302
Latitude: 54.600449N Longitude: 2.678872W
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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This well is located immediately to the north east of St Barnabas's Church in Great Strickland. Whilst the church was only built in 1870, the raised site upon which the church is built looks far older.
This well looks too ornate to be a simple village water supply, as it has a proper well housing, with steps leading down into a circular well chamber. The iron gate giving access to the waters was very firmly chained into place, so it was not possible to check for any scoops or buckets to draw the water.
The well is listed as medieval in date on the Cumbria Historic Environment Record (number 43225); a 2008 survey was conducted which included this well as part of an assessment for a pipeline.
Does anyone have any information about this well, and its origins, please? Are you able to confirm if it is a simple water supply, or does it have holy or healing connections/associations? Thank you.
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