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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Keyne's Well
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Looe  Nearest Village: St Keyne
Map Ref: SX248603  Landranger Map Number: 201
Latitude: 50.416371N  Longitude: 4.467425W
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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-1Completely destroyed
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 5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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St Keyne's Well
St Keyne's Well submitted by theendlessbreeze : Grid Ref: SX248602 Location: St Keyne, Cornwall This well is very easy to access, provided you know where it is. It is found directly on the corner of the road, you can park here and the well is located on this exact spot. (Vote or comment on this photo)
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St Keyne's Well submitted by cazzyjane : St Keyne's Well. Originally surrounded by an oak, elm, ash and willow. All which were thought to have grown from one root. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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St Keyne's Well submitted by cazzyjane : Holy Well of St Keyne, Cornwall. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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St Keyne's Well submitted by cazzyjane : St Keyne's Well. With its waters famous for being able to determine who 'wears the trousers' in a marriage for the first one of the couple to sup here. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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St Keyne's Well submitted by Antonine : 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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St Keyne's Well submitted by Antonine

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St Keyne's Well submitted by rogerkread : Inside the well house. Narrow roads, best visited from the railway halt or leave the car by St Keyne church and walk down.

St Keyne's Well
St Keyne's Well submitted by NickyD : image A very atmospheric place, especially in the fog Image copyright: stonesearcher, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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St Keyne's Well submitted by AngieLake : The stone opposite the Well-house with the plaque of the restoration society.

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St Keyne's Well submitted by AngieLake : St Keyne's Well.

St Keyne's Well
St Keyne's Well submitted by AngieLake : The area of the well, on a corner where two lanes meet. En route from Liskeard to Duloe turn off [signposted to St Keyne's Well] on sharp bend in St Keyne village. About a mile downhill [a narrow road!], and this otherworldly place is on your left. Steps lead into well area from the lane, and from the road. Really, really worth a visit!

St Keyne's Well
St Keyne's Well submitted by AngieLake : The well area, in it's frondy, mossy dell, with complimentary ancient cross shaft. Magical. [Well house centre left here]. Early Sept 08 (2 comments)

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St Keyne Holy Well by lucasn on Wednesday, 31 October 2018
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Re: St Keyne's Well by Anonymous on Sunday, 07 October 2018
Visited today was lovely UNTIL the woman from the house opposite little Windsor,she came out off her drive I thought she’s taking a long time to get back into her vehicle after closing her gate,the old woman took a picture off my vehicle +registration,asked what she’s doing her rude reply I can do this,I am having trouble,hey lady keep doing that and one day you will meet the wrong owner,obviously not a full shilling.
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Re: St Keyne's Well by Sunny100 on Sunday, 01 May 2016
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This holy well was shown on Paul Merton's Secret Stations programme on Ch4 tonight. It was referred to as 'St Keyne's Wishing Well'. It was mentioned that St Keyne, a Celtic saint from Brecon in Wales came here in 500 AD. She was the daughter of the King of Brecknock.
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    Re: St Keyne's Well by Sunny100 on Sunday, 01 May 2016
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    Mr Merton sampled the well water and said it was very nice, though he went on to say "It's not working".
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Re: St Keyne's Well by Anonymous on Friday, 11 May 2012
I used to live in the village of St Keyne and it has always been said that once married at the church at the top of the hill from the well the Bride and groom would race down the hill and the first to drink the waters from the well would then wear the trousers in the marriage
there is also an old picture of the well in the Francis Frith collection of the well
in the picture there is a young girl by the 5bar gate, back in 1984ish the gentleman that married that young girl was at that time still alive and living in the village of St Keyne
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Street View by amunptah on Monday, 15 March 2010
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Re: St Keyne's Well by AngieLake on Saturday, 13 September 2008
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A magical place. Go inside the area of the well and you are in another world. Green, frondy, mossy, spiritual, peaceful.....
John Michell writes about it in 'The Traveller's Key to Sacred England'.
On p.177, there is a b/w copy of a Victorian drawing by John T. Blight, showing 'St Keyne's well before the disappearance of its famous three trees.'
John Michell writes:
"Halfway between the station and the village church, on the left of the road, is the once famous well of St Keyne's"........; "the nearby cottages and the trees which shaded it are no more.
The remarkable property of the well is to give to the first of any couple who drinks its water the upper hand in marriage." ....
"St Keyne was a fifth-century champion of women's rights. She was extremely beautiful, and on her missionary and miracle-working journeys she was much harassed by amorous men. The 'strength of her purity', however, preserved her from injury and insult. When she retired to a spot in the valley near her well, she endowed the water with its peculiar virtue in order to assist brides to prevail over their husbands."
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Re: St Keyne's Well by Anonymous on Sunday, 09 January 2005
A delightful well, in the pretty countryside a couple of miles from Duloe Stone Circle. Landscaping undertaken in the 1930's is sympathetic and pleasing. Nearest train station is St Keyne, on the Looe Valley Line. Well worth a visit.
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Re: St Keyne's Well by theendlessbreeze on Monday, 14 June 2004
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