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Submitted by cazzyjane on Saturday, 18 February 2012 Page Views: 7664

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St James's Well, Ball
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Village: Mawgan in Pydar
Map Ref: SW8709865269
Latitude: 50.448539N Longitude: 5.000226W
Condition:

5	Perfect
4	Almost Perfect
3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0	No data.
-1	Completely destroyed

4 Ambience:

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4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
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4 Access:

5	Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4	Short walk on a footpath
3	Requiring a bit more of a walk
2	A long walk
1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5 Accuracy:

5	co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4	co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3	co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2	co-ordinates of the nearest village
1	co-ordinates of the nearest town
0	no data

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**St James's Well, Ball** submitted by cazzyjane : St James's Well, Ball, Mawgan in Pydar. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Holy Well in Cornwall. A charming well easily found at the side of a lane in the hamlet of Ball. Next to the well is an old building which was once used as a laundry. The ancient square structure of the well seemed to be on the verge of collapse until it was sympathetically restored in 2011.
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