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Dupath Well

Near Callington, Cornwall

A granite well house, and a legend of a deadly duel.

Dupath Well is one of the finest holy well houses in Cornwall, built of granite around 1510. Its water was thought to cure whooping cough.

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When
Built about 1510
Where
50.4950, -4.2900
Group
Holy wells & springs

Visiting

English Heritage, free and open at any reasonable time.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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