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Iron-rich or chalybeate springs are frequent in the area, probably issuing from the shales of the coal measures. Their flow tends to increase in wet weather, suggesting that their sources are not very deep. There is one across the road opposite St Mary Magdalene Church and another along the footpath from the village to the stepping stones. This one seems to have been selected as an additional attraction for the Spa Walks, it is on a footpath from the hotel, along the cliff-top towards the Popping Stone, close to a footbridge where an obscure path leads off to the Butterburn Road.
	The Iron Well, Gilsland Spa Date posted: 13 August 1905 Stamp: KEVII halfpenny Postmark: Gilsland NGR: NY63326790 Publisher: Auty Series My ref.: 194 The well is now overgrown and covered in deep leaf mould, and the tree on the right has fallen across it, but the masonry can still be discerned. The source is on the other side of the path, and the water flows along a channel, under the path, to the well.
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	The Iron Well, Gilsland Spa Date posted: 19 August 1918 Stamp: One penny KGV Postmark: Gilsland NGR: NY63326790 Publisher: WR & S Reliable Series serial no. 402/7 My ref.: 261 The trees in this image are considerably thinner than those in the card above, even though this one is dated 13 years later. This is probably a recycled Victorian photo, the well having apparently become derelict during the nineteenth century.
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GILSLAND POSTCARDS

The Iron Well