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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Mary the Virgin (Cornwall)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 3.163 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cornwall Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Saltash Nearest Village: Botus Fleming
Map Ref: SX4055461327
Latitude: 50.430091N Longitude: 4.246303W
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| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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| -1 | Completely destroyed |
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| 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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cazzyjane has visited here
The old well house doesn’t actually have the capacity to hold water any more. In Secret Shrines Paul Broadhurst senses that the resident Naiad is long gone. I’m not so sure, because if you look through the grate in the lane’s gully you’ll see water gushing from the direction of the structure. The spring seems to be alive and kicking. Although the sacred waters don’t emerge at this point they haven’t completely abandoned the place. My wife has taught me to stop and listen to the Holy Wells. Similarly you’ll hear sound of the lost waters of St Probus and Grace emanating from a roadside drain.
The building faces away from the main road – so it’s easy to miss. The locked gate looks like it’s designed to imprison a rather tall statue of “Our Lady,” as my wife would call her, as if in a desperate attempt to contain some of the depleted sanctity. You’ll find Saint Mary’s at the eastern side of Botus Fleming in the corner of the first turning south towards Carkeel and ultimately Saltash. It sits opposite an old schoolhouse that’s in the process of being renovated.
Just to note that although this is a fitting sculpture, sometimes the choice of figurine in a well house is quite arbitrary. At Saint Indract’s Well a statue of Jesus, complete with sacred heart, is displayed because, “he looked like a monk.” Makes you wonder if the incorporation of the famous carved head inside the Saint Anne’s well house, in Whitstone, was as carefully considered as we all suppose. Maybe the builders just thought the back wall needed a focal point, something to draw the eye. Which indeed it does, in spades.
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