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<< Our Photo Pages >> St Nectan's Well (Stoke) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Devon

Submitted by KiwiBetsy on Monday, 29 March 2004  Page Views: 13008

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Nectan's Well (Stoke)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 3.4 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Devon Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
 Nearest Village: Stoke
Map Ref: SS2363624683  Landranger Map Number: 190
Latitude: 50.994448N  Longitude: 4.514564W
Condition:
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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4 Ambience:
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4 Access:
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4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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St Nectan's Well (Stoke)
St Nectan's Well (Stoke) submitted by KiwiBetsy : St Nectan’s Well is on the site of the hut where the 6th century Welsh hermit, St Nectan, is said to have returned carrying his head after being set upon by thieves who beheaded him. Graffiti on the wooden door and the very ugly new steel grille indicate that today there is still a vandal problem but fortunately they now tend to deface rather than dehead. A signed path from the main road f... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well in Devon. St Nectan’s Well is on the site of the hut where the 6th century Welsh hermit, St Nectan, is said to have returned carrying his head after being set upon by thieves who beheaded him.

Graffiti on the wooden door and the very ugly new steel grille indicate that today there is still a vandal problem but fortunately they now tend to deface rather than dehead.

A signed path from the main road follows a stream down to the well.
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St Nectan's Well (Stoke)
St Nectan's Well (Stoke) submitted by cazzyjane : St Nectan's Well. A very atmospheric place, found at the end of a very shady, watery lane. I needed a flash to take this even though 'outside' it was a beautiful sunny day. This was once one of the most important wells in Devon and has several legends attached to it. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

St Nectan's Well (Stoke)
St Nectan's Well (Stoke) submitted by cazzyjane : St Nectan's Well, Stoke. Very difficult to photograph now as wood from a nearby fallen tree is piled up all around it. So lucky the well wasn't damaged when it came down. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SS2324 : Stoke (Devon) by Maurice D Budden
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Re: St Nectan's Well by AngieLake on Tuesday, 07 December 2004
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St Nectan's Well, as described on the website http://www.bath.ac.uk/lispring/sourcearchive/fs9/fs9lh1.htm
"A hundred yards east of the splendid parish church in Hartland churchtown an overgrown lane leads down to this substantial building. Legend states that St Nectan landed at Padstow, in Cornwall, from Wales, and travelling north through Devon was set upon by bandits. He was violently beheaded by the robbers, but miraculously picked up his head and carried it to this spot, and gave both the well and the church their dedication (an interesting variation on the frequently occurring legends of wells springing up where saints' heads fell - c.f. St.Sidwell, Exeter). The church is one of the most impressive in Devon, and the well, despite some rather hasty re-pointing, is quite imposing and still contains running water. A new door and door-frame have recently been fitted."

In Terry Faul's book, "Secrets of the Hidden Source", he adds an interesting legend to this well's description:
"There is a legend that water from the well was taken and put in a pot to boil up for a feast for the local lord; the water refused to heat up and despite the fire being stoked up and more fuel added, it remained cool. On hearing of this the lord told his servants to look into the water and behold they saw a great eel swimming in the pot; the eel was quickly and carefully taken back to the well whereupon the water in the pot began to boil. The spirit of a Holy Well taking the form of an eel occurs in several folk traditions."
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