St Anthony'S Well

SO 61 NE LITTLEDEAN - at NGR S0670157

6/68 St. Anthony's Well

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Well or spring, probably late C18: squared, coursed stone with irregular coping. Spring and bathing pool in line. Spring rises in square well, sheltered in square-headed recess in wall about lm high in bank. Water runs in pipe to bathing pool, sunk into ground: pool about 3.5 x 2.5m in plan, reported 1.5m deep. A flight of steps between retaining walls leads down in centre of long side to bottom. Outlet at high level by a stone trough, set off centre, across top of wall about 1.4m thick. Water runs thence down bank to stream, on centre-line of pool. Probably largest and most picturesque holy well in Gloucestershire. (Committee for Rescue Archaeology: Avon, Gloucestershire and Somerset, 1977 report)

Listing NGR: SO6701315754