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Holy well known as St Ruan's Well, 160m south east of Bruggan Farm

England
List entry 1006753
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1006753
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SW 71515 14675
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

St Ruan's Well is a holy well located in Cornwall, designated as an ancient monument. The well lies approximately 160 metres south east of Bruggan Farm and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England under entry 1006753. Holy wells of this type were significant features of the medieval Christian landscape in Cornwall, often associated with local saints and serving as places of pilgrimage and healing. The physical structure and precise dating of St Ruan's Well would require consultation of detailed archaeological records to establish with certainty.

Holy well known as St Ruan's Well, 160m south east of Bruggan Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006753. View the official record →

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What is Holy well known as St Ruan's Well, 160m south east of Bruggan Farm?

St Ruan's Well is a holy well located in Cornwall, designated as an ancient monument.

Who is responsible for protecting Holy well known as St Ruan's Well, 160m south east of Bruggan Farm?

Holy well known as St Ruan's Well, 160m south east of Bruggan Farm 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 1006753.

What other scheduled monuments are near Holy well known as St Ruan's Well, 160m south east of Bruggan Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 290m south east of Sunny Corner Cottage (1.3 km), Bowl barrow 440m south east of Mount Hermon (1.3 km), Round barrow 100yds (90m) NE of Mount Hermon (1.8 km).

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Overview
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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
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 290m south east of Sunny Corner Cottage
1.3 km
Bowl barrow 440m south east of Mount Hermon
1.3 km
Round barrow 100yds (90m) NE of Mount Hermon
1.8 km
Medieval wayside cross at Tregaminion
2.2 km
Tower mill 75m west of Windmill Farm
2.2 km
Round barrow 500yds (460m) WNW of St Rumon's Church
2.4 km
Bowl barrow 470m north of Ruan Pool
2.5 km
Stone hut circle settlement with irregular aggregate field system at Kynance Gate, 935m south east of Kynance Farm
2.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Holy well known as St Ruan's Well, 160m south east of Bruggan Farm

Holy well known as St Ruan's Well, 160m south east of Bruggan Farm stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is ultramafitite.

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