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Figgy Dowdy's Well
Date Added: 22nd Apr 2013
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
Figgy Dowdy's Well submitted by KiwiBetsy on 26th Aug 2006. According to RootsWeb.com, this well is also known as Maggy Figgy and Margery Daw and was a popular place to christen your doll on Good Friday. The well has been restored by the Carn Marth Preservation Group and is kept locked as a safety measure. I’m sure Figgy Dowdy would approve of this as the rhyme ….
Figgy Dowdy had a well
On the top of Carn Marth hill
And she locked it night and day
Lest they took her water away
…. is associated with the well.
To visit, ta...
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St Gudula's Well
Date Added: 2nd May 2012
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes
St Gudula's Well submitted by KiwiBetsy on 11th Sep 2006. St Gudula’s Well.
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Bennet's Cross
Date Added: 2nd May 2012
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes
Bennet's Cross submitted by thecaptain on 2nd Aug 2006. This is a lovely cross, believed to have been carved from a prehistoric menhir.
It stands about 1.7 metres tall, and is just beside the B3212 road near its high point as it crosses the moor between Moretonhampstead and Postbridge.
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Kerris Menhir
Date Added: 15th Jun 2011
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
Kerris Menhir submitted by enkidu41 on 26th Apr 2004. SW 4439 2743
A large triangular stone whose influence on the cauliflower crop seems to have been malign!
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Siward's Cross
Date Added: 2nd May 2012
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes
Siward's Cross submitted by AngieLake on 15th Apr 2010. Siward's .. or Nun's... Cross, south south east of Princetown on Dartmoor.
(See site pages for more info.)
Photo taken during a ramble with Devon Dowsers, led by John Christian, some years ago.
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Tresvennack Pillar
Date Added: 15th Jun 2011
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
Tresvennack Pillar submitted by ocifant on 31st May 2005. Tresvennack Pillar, a short walk on from the Kerris Stone.
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Chyenhal
Date Added: 15th Jun 2011
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
Chyenhal submitted by ocifant on 31st May 2005. A difficult site to get to, there was no-one at the farm to ask for access, this is the closest I could get without trespassing.
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Treburrick menhir
Date Added: 14th Aug 2013
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
Treburrick menhir submitted by maengurta on 3rd Jul 2007. Treburrick menhir under a brooding sky showing the triangular profile from this angle.
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Faughan
Date Added: 15th Jun 2011
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
Faughan submitted by enkidu41 on 26th Apr 2004. SW 4522 2822
These stones are probably the entrance to a Round. They are guarded by an altogether at times too frisky horse!
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Sheffield
Date Added: 15th Jun 2011
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
Sheffield submitted by cazzyjane on 15th Jun 2011. Sheffield Menhir. Incorporated into a cornish hedge it stands at approx 8ft tall. Sadly quite overgrown.
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St. Pedyr's Well
Date Added: 5th Apr 2014
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
St. Pedyr's Well submitted by cazzyjane on 4th Sep 2013. St Pedyr's Well, Treloy. There was formerly a chapel close by and the well was resorted to by the sick during the 17th century. After being left to ruin, it was restored in 1953 by the Old Cornwall Society. It is now the most wonderfully peaceful and atmospheric spot.
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Dry Tree Menhir
Date Added: 24th Nov 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
Dry Tree Menhir submitted by TimPrevett on 7th May 2003. Grid Ref SW726 212. The impressive Dry Tree Menhir next to Goonhilly Satellite Station. The dish Guinevere is visible to the left of the stone.
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The Hurlers Pipers
Date Added: 1st Mar 2012
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
The Hurlers Pipers submitted by JimChampion on 24th Aug 2007. View through the 'goalposts' of the Pipers, neatly framing Stowe's Hill in the distance (home of the Cheesewring natural rock feature and the neolithic enclosure of Stowe's Pound). These two stones stand to the west of the Hurlers stone circles. The dung in the foreground is from the ponies that graze the moor.
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Rillaton Barrow
Date Added: 1st Mar 2012
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
Rillaton Barrow submitted by ocifant on 3rd Oct 2004.
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Blind Fiddler
Date Added: 8th Jun 2011
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
Blind Fiddler submitted by stu on 20th Aug 2002. SW427282. the top of this large stone can be seen above the hedge on the A30, several stiles on roadside to get you into the field.
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Boscawen-Un Hedge
Date Added: 8th Jun 2011
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
Boscawen-Un Hedge submitted by enkidu41 on 3rd Mar 2004. This conical stone lies to the E of the Boscawen-un Stone Circle along the side of a lane. It is 2.3m high SW 4174 2770
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Boscawen-Un Field
Date Added: 8th Jun 2011
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
Boscawen-Un Field submitted by Unknown on 27th Oct 2003. Menhir near Boscawen Un
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Whitecross (Wadebridge)
Date Added: 19th Sep 2012
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
Whitecross submitted by Thorgrim on 5th Nov 2004. Regularly whitewashed, this cross gave its name to the village.
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Trelew
Date Added: 8th Jun 2011
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
Trelew submitted by thecaptain on 12th Dec 2008. This nice 3 metre tall menhir looks different from every angle.
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St Kew Cross
Date Added: 19th Sep 2012
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
St Kew Cross submitted by theendlessbreeze on 15th May 2006. St Kew cross, located in the churchyard.
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