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<< Text Pages >> Tintagel Head - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Cornwall

Submitted by vicky on Monday, 29 March 2004  Page Views: 8894

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Tintagel Head
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 37.0 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Cornwall Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Tintagel  Nearest Village: Tintagel Head
Map Ref: SX048892  Landranger Map Number: 200
Latitude: 50.669659N  Longitude: 4.763755W
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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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SX0489 : Tintagel Head by Bryn Holmes
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SX0489 : Tintagel - Castle - King Arthur statue by Rob Farrow
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SX0489 : Looking towards Sea Stack, Tintagel Island, Cornwall taken 1967 by Christine Matthews
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SX0489 : The Tunnel by Shaun Ferguson
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SX0489 : Bronze sculpture on Tintagel Head by Rod Allday
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