The Mermaid's Well by the Blythe Water

Introduction

The photograph on this page of The Mermaid's Well by the Blythe Water by Walter Baxter as part of the Geograph project.

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The Mermaid's Well by the Blythe Water

Image: © Walter Baxter Taken: 1 Feb 2013

The best time to visit this old well on the east bank of the river near Dod Mill is during the winter months when the vegetation has died back. The well is marked on the Explorer map as The Mermaid’s Well but a keystone is inscribed The Mermayd’s Well.

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Image Location

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Latitude
55.723052
Longitude
-2.668769