The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Petrifying Spring

Boughton (Settlement), Northamptonshire (County [UK]), England

Google's approximation of the location Description of institution: Even more otherworldly is the Grotto Well or Petrifying Spring, a spring which arises within a simple Grade II listed Grotto in the estate of Boughton Hall. Although grotto is perhaps a rather too enticing name for what is basically a limestone rubble hemisphere beneath an earth mound and consisting of unadorned stone walls. URL:https://insearchofholywellsandhealingsprings.com/category/northamptonshire/