What is recorded here

Altar is more likely than Holy Well. The 1837 map missed the place, the 1922 map named Altar, and a cross-shaft on a pedestal matched that name. A well may have been invented from a bad copying of Altar. The real marker was stone, not water.

In flat pastureland. Named 'Holy Well' but not indicated on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace of it survives and its existence was not remembered locally. It is possible that the name is an error and should have read 'Altar', as on the 1922 edition of the map. The latter feature proved to be the remains of a cross-shaft on a pedestal and base (see GA113-023----). Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 16 November 2022

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