The holy well of St Columba
Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Cornwall. The legend of Saint Columba, the Virgin, is recorded in a manuscript in the University Library of Cambridge, written by Nicholas Roscarrock in […]
Category Archives: Celtic Crosses & Holy Wells
Lanivet Cross
St Ingunger Cross is a wheel headed wayside cross in the Parish of Lanivet in mid Cornwall. This granite wayside cross stands beside a road which was part of an ancient […]
Saints of Cornwall – St Austell
Saint Austell Saint Austol (Welsh: Austel; Latin: Austolus) was a 6th-century Cornish holy man who lived much of his life in Brittany. He was a friend of Saint Méen, who founded […]
The Chapel of St Enodoc
Then roller into roller curled And thundered down the rocky bay, And we were in a water world Of rain and blizzard, sea and spray, And one against the other […]
St Madrons Well
Saint Madron was a Pre-Congregational Saint, monk and hermit. He is honoured in Wales and Brittany and in Cornwall at Madron Parish Church in the village of Madron. He also […]
Is this the holy well of St John
Holy Well / Spring in Cornwall – This well is described in Cheryl Straffon’s excellent book “Fentynyow Kernow – in search of Cornwall’s Holy Wells” She describes this one as […]
Lady Vale Bridge
Lady Vale Bridge Nr Bodmin, Cornwall is a Clapper bridge over a tributary of the River Fowey in Cardinham Woods. The bridge dates from the 12th century and was named […]
Eye Well – Bodmin
Holy Well and Sacred Spring in Cornwall As it’s name suggests, the Eye Well had a reputation for healing the eyes. A stone above the present structure bears the date 1700 […]
Holywell Bay – Finding the Druids well
Holywell Bay unsurprisingly gets its name from a Holy Well, but there are 2 rival contenders for this! The first is in the valley at Trevarrick (near the 18th […]
Holy Wells – Lanhydrock House
This well stands in the beautiful grounds of Lanhydrock House
