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<< Text Pages >> St Gwennap's Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Cornwall

Submitted by Thorgrim on Monday, 29 March 2004  Page Views: 5930

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Gwennap's Well
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Redruth  Nearest Village: Gwennap
Map Ref: SW741403  Landranger Map Number: 204
Latitude: 50.219470N  Longitude: 5.16806W
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
1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 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.
2 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
3

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SW7340 : The avenue of yews, Gwennap churchyard by Humphrey Bolton
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SW7340 : Churchyard and lychgate, Gwennap by Humphrey Bolton
by Humphrey Bolton
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SW7340 : St Weneppa's church, Gwennap by Dave Kelly
by Dave Kelly
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SW7340 : St Wenappa's Church, Gwennap by Humphrey Bolton
by Humphrey Bolton
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SW7340 : The detached bell tower, St Wenappa's Church, Gwennap by Humphrey Bolton
by Humphrey Bolton
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