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St Clether Holy Well

Near Launceston, Cornwall

A tiny chapel where the spring once flowed under the altar.

In a quiet valley on the edge of Bodmin Moor, a small granite chapel stands beside a holy well. Its water was cleverly channelled to flow through the chapel, under the altar, and out to a second well house.

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When
Medieval
Where
50.6400, -4.5300
Group
Holy wells & springs

Visiting

A short field walk from St Clether 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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