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St Augustine's Well

Cerne Abbas, Dorset

A quiet wishing well in the shadow of the Cerne Abbas Giant.

Below the Cerne Abbas Giant, beside the old abbey grounds, a spring rises in a small stone-lined pool under lime trees. Legend says St Augustine struck the ground with his staff to make the water flow.

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When
Medieval
Where
50.8100, -2.4760
Group
Holy wells & springs

Visiting

Free to visit beside the churchyard in Cerne Abbas.

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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