<< Our Photo Pages >> St Constantine's Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Cornwall
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Constantine's WellCountry: 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:
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
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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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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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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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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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