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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Gundred's WellCountry: England County: Cornwall Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: St Austell Nearest Village: Roche
Map Ref: SW985617 Landranger Map Number: 200
Latitude: 50.420511N Longitude: 4.837918W
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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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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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 |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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From Roche, drive right onto the A30 and a little further on the left is Demelza Road. Take this road, then on right you will find a path. Drive down this path until you come to the end to 'Higher Holywell Farm'. Here you will find a cottage; behind it is a gate, take the steps down. You will find the well in a stone surround on the left hand side.
St Gundred's Well was visited in the past by young women who threw bent pins into the well to foretell the future.
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