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Madron Well And Madron Well Chapel
Madron Well and Madron Well Chapel is a scheduled Ancient Monument in the civil parish of Madron, Cornwall, UK. Madron Well Chapel () is the ruin of a 12th- or 14th-century chapel dedicated to St Madern and occupies the site of a much older Celtic structure. Madron Well () is a spring 200 m to the west. Clouties, or offerings, can be seen on the path to the chapel, near the holy well. Location The chapel and well are to the north-west of the village of Madron and is within the civil parish of the same name. The Bolitho estate owns the monument. History and description In 1846 the building's measurements were published in '' The Archaeological Journal'' and the roofless building's internal measurements were long by wide, and the walls are thick and high. Measurements published in '' The Cornishman'' newspaper of 15 May 1879 gave the external length as 25 feet by 16 feet breadth (7.6 × 4.9 m) and the walls thick. The granite altar stone is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornwall
Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, with the River Tamar forming the border between them. Cornwall forms the westernmost part of the South West Peninsula of the island of Great Britain. The southwesternmost point is Land's End and the southernmost Lizard Point. Cornwall has a population of and an area of . The county has been administered since 2009 by the unitary authority, Cornwall Council. The ceremonial county of Cornwall also includes the Isles of Scilly, which are administered separately. The administrative centre of Cornwall is Truro, its only city. Cornwall was formerly a Brythonic kingdom and subsequently a royal duchy. It is the cultural and ethnic origin of the Cornish dias ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
