Location: Dales Hall Farm: the spring lies below Hangman's Hill, above the farm.
Description: Outside the farmhouse is a piped supply where passers-by can take a drink.

Dales Hall was originally a small, timber-framed cottage supplied with water from a nearby spring, but in the 1920s the water was found to be contaminated. From 1928-48 the owner of the house was John Hardman, from Bearwood's famous Hardman stained glass window company. In 1928 he gained permission from the Church Commissioners, as Lords of the Manor of Castlemorton, to pipe water from the Roman Rock Spring. The spring is on the hill side above the house on the 550ft contour line and the water issues at the rate of one gallon every 40 seconds.

During the early 1990s the owner Tim Cameron of Dales Hall had the water piped through a sediment filter and a U.V filter then into a stainless steel tank. From there he bottled the water and sold it under the brand name Roman Rock Spring. The spring is called Roman Rock because Roman coins have been found nearby.

Illustrations:
1. A label from the 1980s.

2. Rosemary Cameron at Dales Hall Farm
 

 

 

The map alongside is a small section of our more comprehensive map of the area. For the complete map together with a description and history of this site see "Celebrated Springs of the Malvern Hills" (2012).

 

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