St Piran'S Well

TINTAGEL TRETHEVEY SX 08 NE 4/216 St Piran's Well 17.12.62 GV II Holy wellhouse and hand pump. The wellhouse has possibly medieval origins although it was partly rebuilt in the late C19 or early C20. Slate stone rubble walls and pyramidal roof. Granite cap surmounted by an iron cross. Roughly square-on-plan, built into the side of a slope probably over a field spring. The low opening in the front elevation has been altered with a slate lintel, outer segmental arch and has an iron gate. The spring water is piped and runs into a rectangular basin within the wellhouse. The water then runs into the stream below. Circa C19 iron hand pump on higher (south) side of wellhouse on rear. The dedication of the well is uncertain although it stands close to the converted mission church of St Piran (qv). Lane-Davies, A Holy Wells of Cornwall 1970 Meyrick, J A pilgrims guide to the Holy Wells of Cornwall 1982

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