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<< Our Photo Pages >> St Constantine's Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Cornwall

Submitted by Thorgrim on Friday, 03 September 2004  Page Views: 12418

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Constantine's Well
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Padstow  Nearest Village: Trevone
Map Ref: SW86517496  Landranger Map Number: 200
Latitude: 50.535357N  Longitude: 5.014034W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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
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3 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
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Theenchantednomads visited on 26th Jun 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3 Leaving the jalopy in a private parking field we ventured towards an upward track and were met with a welcome from both meadow brown and red admiral butterflies tangling and flitting in provocative dance. Beside the track grew an abundant array of nature's healers from evening primrose to yarrow and plantain, now providing sustenance for the hungry bumble. Passing under various twisted arboreal canopies we reached the top of the track as we stepped on to the hallowed ground of those wielding clubs in the prospect of hitting little balls. I'm inclined to agree with the quote 'golf is a good walk spoilt'. Stopping en route to the well to capture orchids on lens we spotted in the distance a large canopy - the well itself. Upon reaching St Constantine's Well - smack in the middle of Trevose golf course, I descended the ten slate steps to the base of the well. I was rather perturbed to see an empty plastic water bottle in the well so I removed it to recycle. We sat upon the edge on pieces of slate sipping tea from our thermos and soaked up the atmosphere from this holy place. The well spoke, albeit gentle and I felt I had to strain to listen with a mere human ear to its message. Earth, air, fire, water, the perfect balance of unity as I agitated the crystal water with a corvid gift from the winged ones at this special place.

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St Constantine's Well
St Constantine's Well submitted by theendlessbreeze : St Constantine's Well is located on the golf course on the road from Constantine to Harlyn. Follow the footpath through the course until you can take a left. Here you will find both the well and the remains of St Constantine's Chapel. The well is covered by a modern building, but this does not detract from its intriguing features. Inside the modern building is an old stone structure and inside th... (Vote or comment on this photo)
St Constantine's Well is located on the golf course on the road from Constantine to Harlyn. Follow the footpath through the course until you can take a left. Here you will find both the well and the nearby remains of St Constantine's Chapel (SW86517489).

The well is covered by a modern building, but this does not detract from its intriguing features. Inside the modern building is an old stone structure and inside this is the well, which contains very clear water.

The surrounding area is marshy, boggy ground.
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St Constantine's Well submitted by Theenchantednomads : The crystal clear holy water. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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St Constantine's Well submitted by Theenchantednomads : St Constantine's Holy Well (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Constantine's Well
St Constantine's Well submitted by Theenchantednomads : Leaving the jalopy in a private parking field we ventured towards an upward track and were met with a welcome from both meadow brown and red admiral butterflies tangling and flitting in provocative dance. Beside the track grew an abundant array of nature's healers from evening primrose to yarrow and plantain, now providing sustenance for the hungry bumble. Passing under various twisted ... (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Constantine's Well
St Constantine's Well submitted by Antonine : 2015 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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St Constantine's Well submitted by AngieLake : A glimpse of the interior of our 'chapel', which I know now is the Well! Taken last Thursday evening, 15th May, around 8pm, the lowering sun helped to light the stones.

St Constantine's Well
St Constantine's Well submitted by AngieLake : The Well at around 8pm last Thursday evening, 15th May. (We'd walked the footpath from the golf clubhouse in the distance, but before that we'd followed a footpath from the beach. Trudged for what seemed miles along a narrow track with high borders of foliage. THEN we missed the chapel. We thought *this* was it!

St Constantine's Well
St Constantine's Well submitted by rogerkread : The neighbouring remains of St Constantine's Chapel. A couple of greenkeepers (it and the well are in the middle of a golf course) were clearing the site of vegetation when I was there - they said they had been asked to do so by the National Trust.

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St Constantine's Well submitted by rogerkread : View from the rear.

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St Constantine's Well submitted by rogerkread : A closer view.

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 806m W 280° Constantine Island* Barrow Cemetery (SW85727513)
 1.3km ENE 67° Harlyn Bay* Barrow Cemetery (SW877754)
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 2.0km NW 307° Dinas Head (Trevose)* Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle (SW84987621)
 2.0km E 89° St Cadoc's Well Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SW885749)
 2.1km WNW 303° Dinas Head Tumulus* Round Barrow(s) (SW84847616)
 3.4km ESE 115° The Stones, Tresallyn Cross* Modern Stone Circle etc (SW89587340)
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 5.0km E 81° Fenton Luna* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SW91477554)
 5.1km E 83° Padstow Cross* Ancient Cross (SW91577539)
 5.1km E 83° Cross Shaft and Base at St Petroc's, Padstow.* Ancient Cross (SW91607538)
 5.3km E 83° Ladywell (Padstow) Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SW91787535)
 5.5km SSW 194° Redcliff Castle* Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle (SW84926965)
 5.6km ENE 72° St George's Well (Padstow)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SW91887645)
 5.8km S 171° St Eval Church Stones* Standing Stones (SW87196916)
 6.0km NE 52° St John's Well (Stepper Point)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SW914784)
 6.4km SSW 194° Carnewas Longstone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SW84756885)
 6.7km ENE 69° Brea Hill* Round Barrow(s) (SW92847714)
 7.0km S 172° St Eval Airport Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SW87146803)
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