<< Our Photo Pages >> St Morwenna's Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Cornwall
Submitted by Rory on Monday, 29 March 2004 Page Views: 15346
Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Morwenna's WellCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 24.6 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cornwall Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Bude Nearest Village: Morwenstow
Map Ref: SS1980215483 Landranger Map Number: 190
Latitude: 50.910614N Longitude: 4.564584W
Condition:
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 |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Rory writes: "To get to the well you park by Morwenstow parish church and then take the direct route to the coast at Vicarage Cliff. Crossing two fields you eventually meet the coastal path. At this point you turn north. After a few yards you might be able to discern the faintest line of a path leading down the very steep slope that falls away toward a sheer cliff. After a turn or two along this trail, with nothing substantial to grasp, the sight of a lush-green patch of ground below indicates the direction you have to scramble towards. I do feel compelled to say that unless the National Trust (which owns the site) have recently improved access, my assessment would be that’s it’s really not safe to climb down to the well unless you’re properly equipped for the task."
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