<< Our Photo Pages >> Figgy Dowdy's Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Cornwall
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Figgy Dowdy's Well Alternative Name: Maggy Figgy, Margery DawCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.614 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cornwall Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Redruth Nearest Village: Lanner
Map Ref: SW7146740637 Landranger Map Number: 203
Latitude: 50.221485N Longitude: 5.205112W
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 |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
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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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| 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 |
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LiveAndrew visited on 13th Jan 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Oddly difficult to spot on the way up Carn Marth but dead easy if coming down! If on the way up, look for a very small gap on the right-hand side about 20m before you reach the amphitheatre quarry. The turning double-backs and leads to a short series of granite steps heading down to the Well. Once found, you'll not understand how you had missed it all those times before :)
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According to RootsWeb.com, this well is also known as Maggy Figgy and Margery Daw and was a popular place to christen your doll on Good Friday.
The well has been restored by the Carn Marth Preservation Group and is kept locked as a safety measure. I’m sure Figgy Dowdy would approve of this as the rhyme ….
Figgy Dowdy had a well,
On the top of Carn Marth hill,
And she locked it night and day,
Lest they took her water away.
…. is associated with the well. To visit, take the A393 from Redruth to Falmouth, at the top of the hill between Redruth and Lanner, turn left into Carn Marth Lane. Park by the old engine house and walk toward the top of the hill. After passing the last house but before the old quarry, steps lead off to the right (downhill). The well is a very short distance at the bottom of the steps. The steps may be very hard to locate once the summer grass gets growing. After visiting the well it's worth continuing the short climb to the top of Carn Marth for a wonderful view of the surrounding country.
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