ST PATRICK’S WELL – ULLSWATER Traditional Cache
ST PATRICK’S WELL – ULLSWATER
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Short walk. THE CACHE IS NOT PLACED AT THE MEMORIAL - RESPECT PLEASE!
Around 450AD St Patrick, Patron Saint of Ireland is supposed to have preached on the banks of Ullswater in Cumbria, having walked away from a shipwreck on the Duddon Sands. It is said that St Patrick baptised several of the inhabitants of the dale now called Patterdale at the well to which his name has been attached. The dale was originally designated Patrick or Patrick’s dale, and is entered, under the date of 1581, as Patrickdale in the Bishop’s register, so that the present name is evidently a corruption of the one it previously bore. The Holy Well dedicated to St Patrick can still be found roughly one mile outside of the village of Glenridding and as with many Holy Wells it also has a reputation for curing sickness. We have placed the cache along the path behind the well since it stands on the bend of the busy A592 and there is no access path. **********Congratulations to Heather W on FTF**********
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