What is recorded here
Fluorescent green alga, St Credan's Well, Sancreed is shown and named in a reusable Geograph picture. The saved point is the picture's recorded map point.
St Credan's Well is associated with the early Irish saint Credan, who is said to have founded a monastery at Sancreed in Cornwall. The well, noted for its fluorescent green alga, was traditionally believed to have healing properties, particularly for skin ailments and eye complaints.
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Places near here
Holy Well of St CredanListed building · 6 yd
Chapel and holy well on Chapel DownsScheduled monument · 13 yd
Modern stone cross at Sancreed Chapel and WellChurch, cross or graveyard · 123 yd
Sancreed Holy WellOld or holy well · 152 yd
The BeaconMountain / peak · 432 yd
Blind Fiddler Standing StoneHeritage attraction · 1437 yd
Boscawen-Un Stone CircleHeritage attraction · 1.2 mi
Bartine CastleArchaeological place · 1.4 mi
Trig point within Bartine Castle, Bartinney DownsCastle, fort or tower · 1.5 mi
Tregerest Methodist Chapel and graveyardChurch, cross or graveyard · 1.7 mi
Chapel Carn BreaMountain / peak · 2.1 mi
Alsia WellSpring · 3.0 miOther information
Photo: Andrew Curtis · CC BY-SA 2.0