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St Andrew's Well (Ovington)
Trip No.163 Entry No.1 Date Added: 11th Jun 2021
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2021. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 4
St Andrew's Well (Ovington) submitted by Anne T on 11th Jun 2021. Stepping carefully round the hole for the well, with feet either side of what would have been the water channel flowing from the well, the remain of a stone structure can be seen.
After a period of rain, water flows into a small channel which leads south. The ground was still muddy and boggy at the time of our visit, after a prolonged dry period.
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Log Text: St Andrew's Well, Ovington: Parking in Ovington village by the old red phone box (now the Village Information Centre), it was a very pleasant walk along St Andrew's Lane to find this well, now no longer shown on the OS maps, but still very much there.
We carried on towards Whittle Dene, another glorious location, to find Dean Head Well and Eddybroth Well.
Eddybroth Well (Whittle Dene)
Trip No.163 Entry No.2 Date Added: 11th Jun 2021
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Eddybroth Well (Whittle Dene) submitted by Anne T on 11th Jun 2021. First view of Eddybroth Well, turning right (east), following the footpaths along the pond that used to feed the old corn mill sluice system.
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Log Text: Eddybroth Well and Dean Head Well, Whittle Dene: A lovely walk along St Andrew's Lane from Ovington, then down (and across) Whittle Burn, and along leafy, shady paths which follow the side of the Burn. A lovely managed woodland, complete with small wooden chalets that were being well used in this warm weather. Once passed these, we saw only one other person. A really pleasant afternoon, and so pleased to have found this well.