Ladys Well

Marked on the 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and described as Lady’s Well in gothic lettering on both. It is situated in the valley of a small NNW-SSE stream at a point where the stream runs W-E c. 20m to the N and turns S where it is c. 20m to the E. It is just on the N side of an E-W field bank and drain. The well is a small rectangular feature (dims 0.6m x c. 0.6m; D 0.0.6m) with drystone walls (H 0.45m) on all sides except the S, and with a large lintel (dims 1.15m; x 0.55m; T c. 0.1m). It is open to the E where a small channel (Wth 0.95m) connects it with the field drain. It is surrounded by three whitethorn bushes, but there is no record of, or evidence of,veneration. The church in Blackhall (WX045-051----) is c. 60m to the NNE. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 23 July, 2013

Linked to a local tradition of healing and pilgrimage, Lady’s Well is associated with a female saint or local heroine, common in Celtic Christian tradition, where such wells were often dedicated to women venerated for their miraculous intercession. The use of gothic lettering suggests a 19th-century romantic revival of older sacred sites, though the well likely predates this by several centuries.