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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Garry WellsCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 2.2 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cornwall Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Village: Rame
Map Ref: SX418487
Latitude: 50.316956N Longitude: 4.223461W
Condition:
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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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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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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Cornwall
A site with no recorded history, apart from its appearance on the 1868 OS map. You can find it by taking the South West Coast Path northwest from the car park at Rame Head: it sits right beside the path as it dips slightly, a couple of hundred yards along. Although the name is 'wells' in the plural, there seems just to be one spring, pouring directly from the slate cliff face. The water is retained in a concrete kerb which is, very interestingly, decorated with inlaid chips of slate forming the word UBIQUE (Latin for 'everywhere') and the initials FM and WH. Someone clearly visits the well regularly as there were tea lights, shells and pebbles left on a shelf next to the spring.
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