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Holy well at Trelill, 190m ENE of Trelill House

England
List entry 1006743
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1006743
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SW 67683 28468
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Holy well at Trelill, 190m ENE of Trelill House is a medieval or early modern sacred spring located in Cornwall. The site represents the tradition of holy well veneration that persisted throughout the medieval period and beyond in Cornwall, reflecting the continuation of ritual practice at natural water sources. Such wells were frequently associated with Christian saints and served as places of pilgrimage and healing, though specific dedications and detailed archaeological evidence for this particular example remain limited in the scholarly record. The monument's survival as a recorded site reflects the enduring cultural and spiritual significance of these water sources in the Cornish landscape.

Holy well at Trelill, 190m ENE of Trelill House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006743. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Holy well at Trelill, 190m ENE of Trelill House?

Holy well at Trelill, 190m ENE of Trelill House is a medieval or early modern sacred spring located in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006743.

Who is responsible for protecting Holy well at Trelill, 190m ENE of Trelill House?

Holy well at Trelill, 190m ENE of Trelill House 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 1006743.

What other scheduled monuments are near Holy well at Trelill, 190m ENE of Trelill House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Churchyard cross in St Melaine's churchyard (9.3 km), Platform barrow and four bowl barrows south of Carn Maer forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs (9.7 km), Two round barrows on Goonhilly Downs 600yds (550m) NE of Trenoon (10.1 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Churchyard cross in St Melaine's churchyard
9.3 km
Platform barrow and four bowl barrows south of Carn Maer forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs
9.7 km
Two round barrows on Goonhilly Downs 600yds (550m) NE of Trenoon
10.1 km
Two bowl barrows 640m south west of Croft Pascoe Pool forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs
10.2 km
Bowl barrow 300m south west of Croft Pascoe Pool forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs
10.3 km
Animal pound 390m south of Croft Pascoe Pool
10.5 km
Bowl barrow 550m south east of Croft Pascoe Pool forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs
10.8 km
Three bowl barrows 1295m east of Trenoon forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Goonhilly Downs
11 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Holy well at Trelill, 190m ENE of Trelill House

Holy well at Trelill, 190m ENE of Trelill House stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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