Yorkshire Holy Wells |
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The OS map marks this Lady Well in italic script
indicating this is a site of some antiquity, possibly with built stonework
etc. but as the picture shows, any structure has been destroyed by this
concrete water tank (most likely done to supply a farm at the edge of the
moor). There are a few pieces of rough stone scattered about but no other
indications of what the well might have looked like. This is a rather remote site for a holywell but there maybe some ecclesiastical connection with the area as there is a Bishops moor, High/Low bishopside and Bishop keld farm nearby. 500yds across the moor to the west of the Lady well are the interestingly named Midwife Stones (see pics below). |
Access - On the open moorland of Pateley Moor. Condition - Any well structure appears to have been destroyed, but the spring still flows. |