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Holy Well 100m north east of St David's church is a medieval or post-medieval water source located in Cornwall. The site represents a type of sacred spring traditionally associated with Christian devotion and local veneration, elements characteristic of Cornish religious practice. Such wells often served both spiritual and practical functions within their communities, providing water for ritual purposes and domestic use. The monument's survival in the archaeological record reflects the enduring significance of these landscape features in the religious and cultural life of medieval and early modern Cornwall.
Holy Well 100m north east of St David's church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018692. View the official record →
Holy Well 100m north east of St David's church is a medieval or post-medieval water source located in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018692.
Holy Well 100m north east of St David's church is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1018692.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric cairns and field boundary 450m south of the Louden Stone Circle (8.5 km), Medieval tenement boundary between Louden Hill and King Arthur's Downs (8.8 km), Prehistoric and medieval settlements with fields and enclosures together with Bronze Age cairns and medieval alluvial streamwork at Garrow Tor (9.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Holy Well 100m north east of St David's church's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Holy Well 100m north east of St David's church stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Carboniferous, bedrock that formed in the Carboniferous. The rock here is mafic tuff.