The most famous spring is Cleopatra's Bath, which has crystal-clear natural spring water that gurgles up into a large stone pool, and is a popular bathing spot for locals.

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"This is still a hard place to live in, but it's everything that's left to me, " says Bush, who draws his water from a natural spring and hunts the hardwood forests for wild onions, mushrooms and herbs.

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The site, which contains a natural spring, is the nearest source of fresh water to Stonehenge.

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