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Site is located on Torrington Commons and is approached off and old track called "roman way" and via a short length of sunken pathway which leads to a natural bowl of land where two springs seep from the bank. Some rubble stones are strewn around the site but otherwise no evidence of a well house or structure. Well has local tradition of being curative for the eyes ( high levels of iodine were claimed to have been present in the water) and there is still evidence of use for good luck charms by a number of "clouties" tied to nearby bushes. Local names for the well include Coverley and Covety and there has been a suggestion that the name may be linked to a well in Northumberland which was deducted to a Celtic water nymph called Coventina. Listed in Devon Sites and Monuments Register.
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