Skip to content

← Browse Explore

Holy Wells & Springs

Share
View on map
Holy Wells & Springs

Druids Well

Middlecott, Chagford

A historic water well on Dartmoor, likely medieval or earlier in origin, serving communities on the high moor.

Fice's Well
Holy Wells & Springs

Fice's Well

A spring north of Princetown under a stone canopy with a lintel cut I.F. 1568, linked to John Fitz and the same pixie-mist story told at Okehampton.

Fitz's Well and Cross
Holy Wells & Springs

Fitz's Well and Cross

Belstone, Okehampton

A spring and small granite cross on Okehampton Park, tied to a legend of pixie-led walkers who drank here and saw the mist lift. Not Fice's Well.

Saxon Well
Holy Wells & Springs

Saxon Well

Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Ashburton

A modest stone well hidden in the moorland, marking centuries of water-seeking on Dartmoor's high ground.

Spring Head, SX 620 935
Holy Wells & Springs

Spring Head, SX 620 935

Belstone, Okehampton

A holy well on the open moor, likely medieval or earlier in origin, marking a place of water and spiritual significance.