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| Name: | POSSIBLE HOLY SPRING AT ALL SAINTS' CHURCH, HEAPHAM |
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| HER Number: | MLI50423 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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Summary
POSSIBLE HOLY SPRING AT ALL SAINTS' CHURCH, HEAPHAM
| Grid Reference: | SK 878 884 |
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| Map Sheet: | SK88NE |
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| Parish: | HEAPHAM, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Full description
THE CHURCH AT HEAPHAM STANDS QUITE ALONE, SET ABOVE AN IMPORTANT SPRING IN A NATURAL BASIN, WITH ITS ASSOCIATED SETTLEMENTS ARRANGED ON THE SURROUNDING HIGHER LAND. IT MAY BE THAT THE CHURCH IS ON A MUCH OLDER PRE-CHRISTIAN RITUAL SITE, CONNECTED WITH WATER CULTS. {1}~
<1> P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn, 1991, Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire, pp45-6 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI1063.
Monument Types
- HOLY WELL (Early Medieval/Dark Age - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Bibliographic Reference: P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. pp45-6. |
Related records
| MLI51365 | Related to: LATE SAXON TOWER OF ALL SAINTS' CHURCH, HEAPHAM (Monument) |
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