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<< Our Photo Pages >> St Breward's Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Cornwall

Submitted by Thorgrim on Monday, 29 March 2004  Page Views: 11535

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Breward's Well
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Camelford  Nearest Village: St Breward
Map Ref: SX0906776916  Landranger Map Number: 200
Latitude: 50.560729N  Longitude: 4.69712W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
3 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
4

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St Breward's Well
St Breward's Well submitted by KiwiBetsy : This well was thought to cure sore eyes and it was customary to leave a pin or coin as thanks. Despite the well's picturesque location it is now dry with it’s water piped away to a nearby farm. In St Breward, at a bend in the road by the school, a lane lined with several houses leads to the right and down the hill. At the end of the lane between 2 houses is a gate and once through this the pa... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well / Spring in Cornwall

From Macher - A slightly steep path through peaceful woods. In the village there's a fine church, a decent pub, and this Holy Well - which one will you visit first?
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St Breward's Well
St Breward's Well submitted by cazzyjane : St James's well at St Breward. With its moss covered stones and fern hair-do it really is a charming well. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

St Breward's Well
St Breward's Well submitted by Macher : Holy Well, St Breward [uphill]. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Breward's Well
St Breward's Well submitted by Macher : Holy Well, St Breward, Cornwall UK. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Breward's Well
St Breward's Well submitted by cazzyjane : St James's Holy Well. St Breward. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

St Breward's Well
St Breward's Well submitted by cazzyjane : St James's Holy Well, St Breward. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Breward's Well
St Breward's Well submitted by cazzyjane : St James well at St Breward. Unfortunately now dry but still very magickal with all the greenery living on and around it.

St Breward's Well
St Breward's Well submitted by AngieLake : St Breward's Well photographed by [the late] Arthur, and Frances Parsons on old film camera a few years ago.

St Breward's Well
St Breward's Well submitted by cazzyjane : St James's Holy Well, St Breward. Looking magical with the sun lighting up all the new greenery.

St Breward's Well
St Breward's Well submitted by cazzyjane : St James's Holy Well, St Breward.

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 715m ENE 58° St Breward Village Cross* Ancient Cross (SX09697727)
 783m ENE 57° St Breward Churchyard Cross Ancient Cross (SX09747732)
 1.1km NNW 333° Fentonadle* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SX086779)
 1.6km ESE 111° Lady down Ancient Village or Settlement (SX105763)
 1.6km NW 313° Trevenning Early Christian Sculptured Stone (SX07937806)
 1.7km W 274° St Tudy Barrow Round Barrow(s) (SX07407708)
 1.8km WNW 287° Trevenning Cross* Ancient Cross (SX074775)
 1.9km SSE 148° De Lank Quarry* Standing Stones (SX100753)
 2.1km NNW 331° St Michael's Well (Michaelstow)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SX081788)
 2.2km NNW 332° Michaelstow Cross* Ancient Cross (SX081789)
 2.4km ESE 114° Delford Bridge* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX11267585)
 2.7km NNW 341° Helbury Castle* Hillfort (SX083795)
 2.7km ENE 62° Treswallock Downs Cairn (SX115781)
 2.8km SSE 167° Tregenna Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SX096742)
 2.9km SE 124° Kerrow Downs* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX114752)
 2.9km ENE 63° Treswallock Downs - Bronze Age cairn cemetery* Barrow Cemetery (SX11717816)
 3.2km ESE 106° Bradford Hut Circles Ancient Village or Settlement (SX121759)
 3.3km E 99° Whiteheads Settlement Ancient Village or Settlement (SX123763)
 3.3km S 177° Fairies' Well Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SX09107363)
 3.3km NE 54° Alex Tor Kerbed Cairn* Cairn (SX11827873)
 3.3km E 95° Whiteheads Cist* Cist (SX12377649)
 3.4km E 93° Whiteheads Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX1241976611)
 3.6km E 89° Bolatherick* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX12667684)
 3.7km ENE 72° Casehill Cairn* Cairn (SX12617794)
 3.8km ESE 112° Arthur's Sword* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SX12527537)
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Re: St Breward''s Well by Anonymous on Wednesday, 05 December 2018
Peaceful perfect place
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Re: St Breward's Well by xseawitch on Tuesday, 19 August 2014
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It was a bit of an adventure finding this well. We accidentally wandered into a Yurt village, had to retrace our steps and we were on the point of giving up after a walk down a very long hill when we finally discovered the well. It is pretty, ferns grew inside it and the moss was plentiful, but no water evident.

I would suggest only the very keen make the journey, there are better wells which are more accessible.
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Re: St Breward's Well by Anonymous on Saturday, 14 August 2004
visited on Friday 13th August what a pity it is now dry as water has been diverted.
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