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Sancreed Holy Well

Near Penzance, Cornwall

A spring down a flight of steps into the earth, hung with rags.

Sancreed Well lies at the bottom of a short flight of stone steps, in a small underground chamber where the water glows faintly green from mosses. Beside it are the ruins of a small chapel.

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When
Ancient
Where
50.1000, -5.6100
Group
Holy wells & springs

Visiting

A short walk along a path from Sancreed church.

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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