<< Our Photo Pages >> Carn Brea Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in England in Cornwall
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Carn Brea WellCountry: England County: Cornwall Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Camborne Nearest Village: Carn Brea
Map Ref: SW68584085 Landranger Map Number: 203
Latitude: 50.222275N Longitude: 5.245646W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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LiveAndrew visited on 25th Mar 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Made the mistake of trying to find the well from the bottom of the North slope using an OS map. It would have been much easier from the top!
FrothNinja couldn't find on 6th Aug 2016 - their rating: Access: 1
lucasn visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 3
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170m SSW 206° Carn Brea Enclosure* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW685407)
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4.3km S 181° Wendron South* Stone Circle (SW68313654)
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4.4km SSW 194° Hangman's Barrow* Cairn (SW67333665)
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