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<< Our Photo Pages >> St Anne's Well (Whitstone) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Cornwall

Submitted by Thorgrim on Saturday, 15 May 2004  Page Views: 11298

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Anne's Well (Whitstone)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.2 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cornwall Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Launceston  Nearest Village: Whitstone
Map Ref: SX263985  Landranger Map Number: 190
Latitude: 50.760029N  Longitude: 4.464194W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 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
0No data.
 5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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St Anne's Well (Whitstone)
St Anne's Well (Whitstone) submitted by KiwiBetsy : The well is to the left and just below the church as you approach on foot. from the church. (Vote or comment on this photo)
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St Anne's Well (Whitstone)
St Anne's Well (Whitstone) submitted by cazzyjane : St Anne's Well. A lovely lush well found in the south east corner of the churchyard at Whitstone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Anne's Well (Whitstone)
St Anne's Well (Whitstone) submitted by Thorgrim : The church is set high on a hillside way above the village of Whitstone in north Cornwall. It would seem that the church was deliberately built there to Christianise the pagan well. Look inside at the strange head staring out of the greenery. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

St Anne's Well (Whitstone)
St Anne's Well (Whitstone) submitted by cazzyjane : The interior of St Anne's well. Unfortunately in this photo you cant quite make out the wonderful little slate head above the niche in the well. The waters are still used for baptisms today. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Anne's Well (Whitstone)
St Anne's Well (Whitstone) submitted by Thorgrim : Can this strange carving be that of St Anne? Surely not - is it then the face of the ancient goddess Anu? Has her name been Christianised into Anne? (3 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

St Anne's Well (Whitstone)
St Anne's Well (Whitstone) submitted by lucasn : St Anne's Holy Well, Whitstone

St Anne's Well (Whitstone)
St Anne's Well (Whitstone) submitted by Thorgrim : Is this the face of the Green Witch at St Anne's Well at Whitstone in north Cornwall?

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Re: St Anne's Well (Whitstone) by Anonymous on Friday, 05 October 2018
visited today shame the church is not open
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    Re: St Anne's Well (Whitstone) by Anne T on Friday, 05 October 2018
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    Hi, Anonymous. Sorry you were disappointed today. Like you, we've visited many churches, only to arrive to find they have been locked (usually to prevent vandalism and theft), so I've taken to contacting the church wardens to prearrange visits.

    Contact details can usually be found on A Church Near You website, or alternatively see if the church (or village) has its own website. I think the one you need for this church is St Anne's Church, Whitstone. If you scroll down the page, you'll find the contact details for the churchwardens, who usually hold the keys to the church and can be incredibly knowledgeable about the history of the building. Hope this helps.
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Re: St Anne's Well (Whitstone) by 4862 on Sunday, 26 March 2017
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A beautiful well in the grounds of St Anne's church.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O0WpSDwIlw
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