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Latitude: 50.5595 / 50°33'34"N
Longitude: -2.4459 / 2°26'45"W
OS Eastings: 368514
OS Northings: 73394
OS Grid: SY685733
Mapcode National: GBR PY.HZHL
Mapcode Global: FRA 57RL.BXZ
Plus Code: 9C2VHH53+QM
Entry Name: Maiden Well
Listing Date: 17 May 1993
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1281862
English Heritage Legacy ID: 381975
ID on this website: 101281862
Location: Chiswell, Dorset, DT5
County: Dorset
Civil Parish: Portland
Built-Up Area: Fortuneswell
Traditional County: Dorset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset
Church of England Parish: Portland All Saints
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury
Tagged with: Well
PORTLAND
SY6873 HIGH STREET, Fortuneswell
969-1/3/115 (North side)
Maiden Well
II
Remains of boundary wall and well head or cistern. Probably
C18. A small square construction in rough squared Portland
block set at the side of High Street opposite the right hand
boundary to The Captain's House (qv). About 2m x 1.7m x 1.5m
high, with stone slab top; behind this remains of stone block
wall rises 6 courses above bank for c 8m width, stepped at S
end. This looks rather like a mounting block, but is the
remains of one of the water sources which were so important to
the Island until the bringing of piped water in 1900. None of
the formal well heads has survived, so that this modest
remnant has historical interest.
Listing NGR: SY6851473394
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