Overview
Holy well, Michaelstow churchyard is shown and named in a reusable Geograph picture. The saved point is the picture's recorded map point.
Who made it and when
The saved record identifies Holy well, Michaelstow churchyard as Old or holy well. It does not safely name its makers or a precise construction date. The saved detailed account records: Holy well, Michaelstow churchyard is shown and named in a reusable Geograph picture. The saved point is the picture's recorded map point.
How it was made and used
Its classification points to ritual, marking, defence or gathering. The saved wording does not establish the full building method, ceremonies or length of use, so those details remain open.
What was found
No safe list of excavated objects, bones, carvings or dates is supplied by the short saved record. Finds are not invented from the place type or local name.
What remains
The public record still maps Holy well, Michaelstow churchyard as Old or holy well. The point may mark standing remains, earthworks, a buried site or the centre of a wider area, and this first account keeps that difference visible.
Why it mattered
The place preserves physical evidence or local memory connected with old or holy well. Its source and exact position give later research a firm starting point without turning uncertain tradition into fact.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
Places near here
- Holy well in Michaelstow churchyardmonumentunder 0.1 miles
- Medieval churchyard cross in Michaelstow churchyardmonumentunder 0.1 miles
- Church of St Michaelbuildingunder 0.1 miles
- Mapped graveyard — Cornwallmemorialunder 0.1 miles
- School House and Schoolbuildingunder 0.1 miles
- Victorian postbox, Michaelstowbuildingunder 0.1 miles
- Replica Milestone by the B3266, east of Michaelstowmonument0.3 miles
- Tregawnbuilding0.5 miles
- St Syth’s Chapelattraction0.5 miles
- Slight univallate hillfort with outworks containing a medieval chapel and beacon at Helsbury Castlecastle0.5 miles
- Helsbury Park Woodsforest0.7 miles
- Gam Bridgebuilding0.8 miles
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