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Tag Archives: Iron age

St Cleer Holywell

January 15, 2017by paulmurtphotography 1 Comment

St Cleer Holy Well The St. Cleer holy well stands on the spot of a natural spring, and an ancient cross about 9 feet high stands a few feet from […]

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Folklore

The Secret Holy Well Of Menacuddle And The Druid’s Chair

January 6, 2017by paulmurtphotography Leave a comment

Menacuddle Well Cornwall, is a land of legends, saints, holy wells and other mysteries. Before Christmas I came across a picture of Menacuddle Well, I hadn’t heard of it before […]

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Celtic Crosses & Holy Wells, Cornwall, Legends

Merry Maidens

December 5, 2016by paulmurtphotography Leave a comment

The Merry Maidens also known as Dawn’s Men (a likely corruption of the Cornish Dans Maen “Stone Dance”) is a late neolithic stone circle located 2 miles to the south […]

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Cornwall

Constantine Island

November 19, 2016by paulmurtphotography Leave a comment

Constantine Island holds a fascinating past. In 2007 a human skeleton was excavated from a cist grave (small stone-built box) dating back to the Bronze Age. Archaeologists concluded that the […]

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Coastal Walks

Trevethy Quoit

October 3, 2016by paulmurtphotography Leave a comment

What are Chamber Tombs or Quoits? “Quoit” is the Cornish name for a type of megalithic structure made up of a number of large stones set upright to sup- port […]

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Cornwall

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