Holywell

Location
Grid Reference SK 5112 9815

Length: 1m

Altitude: 40m

Description
Cannot be entered. Open access beside main road. The whole site needs tidying up.

It is an historic site, and an important rising. There is a capped well at a spring line on the west side of the A630 road.

The Well water used to flow beneath the road into ponds which used to provide water for the brewery (Holywell) across the road, which is sadly no longer there. The well was also used at one stage for watering horses.

There is still a strong flow of water from the well. Sometimes this is sufficient to rise above the capping and flow onto the road. It was in 1995 found to be sadly neglected.

The above information was given to Tony Gibbs by Tony Greathead during a visit to the site in Feb. 1995.

Access
Permission required from Highways Dept. for digging or detailed study.

References and Further Reading
The 1997 RIGS Survey included an assessment of cave systems along the Don Gorge by Tony Gibbs of the Derbyshire Caving Association.