Archaeology Notes

Event ID 715145

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT27SE 40 2752 7364.

(NT 2752 7364) St Anthony's Well (NR)

OS 25"map, (1968)

St Anthony's Well a holy well (ONB 1852) springs from below a boulder on the approach to St Anthony's Chapel. Until 1674, however, the spring flowed from under a little stone arch situated at a rather higher level. Name Book 1852; RCAHMS 1951.

This well is as described in previous information. The stone arch no longer exists.

Visited by OS (S F S) 2 December 1975.

All that can now be seen at the site of this well is a narrow lead pipe, which protrudes from beneath a large rounded boulder and channels water into a stone bowl placed immediately below.

Visited by RCAHMS (ARG), 15 December 1998

NMRS, MS/726/96 (54, no. 38); RCAHMS 1999.