Image: The Bleak Hills, near Holwell, Leicestershire - geograph.org.uk - 130043

Description: The Bleak Hills, near Holwell, Leicestershire. Looking SW across Fox Holes to the Bleak Hills. At the head of this small deep valley is a "Holy Well" called Holwell Mouth, a chalybeate spring which is the source of the River Smite.The water course is stained rust brown; the water being rather sulphurous tasting. Although rather neglected now, the site enjoyed a reputation as a medicinal spring during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries when it had a stone surround and seats for the invalids who visited it.
Title: The Bleak Hills, near Holwell, Leicestershire - geograph.org.uk - 130043
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Author: Kate Jewell
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