[TQ 8510 6695] A flat sarsen slab, 5ft. square and 9 inches thick, found when ploughing, appears to cover the lost holy well which gave its name to Holywell Farm. It covered a roughly circular opening which had been filled in with flint nodules. Probing showed the well to be 5.5ft. deep with the water level at 4.5ft. No masonry was observed but the filling was not removed. Situated in the valley bottom, c. 130ft. from the stream, 400ft. from the crown of Holywell Lane and 17ft. from the fence bounding the lane to Lower Halstow. (1) This well has been filled and the field is now an orchard; there is nothing to mark its site but an approximate siting by a farm worker closely agrees with the position given by Evans. The sarsen which covered it has been moved into a pasture field on the other (N.) side of the lane (2). Additional reference and site photographs (3,4).

<1> Arch Cant 62 1949 147-8 (J H Evans) (OS Card Reference). SKE35348.

<2> F1 CFW 09-JUL-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42496.

<3> Field report for monument TQ 86 NE 16 - July, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4537.

<4> 1979, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11257.