St Cleer village and St Cleer Holy Well and wayside cross, near Liskeard, Cornwall

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https://www.cornwallheritagetrust.org/our_sites/st-cleers-well/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Cleer

"St Cleer (Cornish: Ryskarasek) is a civil parish and village in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated on the southeast flank of Bodmin Moor approximately two miles (3 km) north of Liskeard.[1] The population of the parish in 2001 numbered 3257.[2] This includes Common Moor and had increased to 3,297 at the 2011 census.[3] An electoral ward also exists. The population at the 2011 census is 4,366.[4]

St Cleer parish church, at an elevation of approximately 690 feet (210 metres), is dedicated to Saint Clarus. Its three-stage tower is 97 feet (30 metres) high and contains a ring of six bells.[2] First built in 800 but rebuilt in the 13th century, the tower suffered damage and was repaired in the 15th century. The church is a Grade I listed building, having been so designated on 21 August 1964.[citation needed] It is of Norman origin, with early fifteenth century additions, further substantial additions in the late fifteenth century and late nineteenth century restorations. It is constructed of granite rubble. The roofs are slated with ridge tiles, and crested ridge tiles over the nave and chancel.[5]

Trethevy Quoit is a megalithic chamber tomb, and the Doniert Stone an inscribed stone of the Brittonic Anglo-Saxon period. Near the churchyard is St Cleer's holy well with a small building covering it, built of granite in the 15th century, to allow for a bowssening pool for total immersion.[7]

Arthur Langdon (1896) recorded five Cornish crosses in the parish; one called Long Tom is at St Cleer Common, another is at St Cleer's Well and a cross at Trevorgy is missing. There are also two stones at Redgate of which one is the Doniert Stone and the other is known at the Other Half Stone.[8]"

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St Cleer, Liskeard, Cornwall, PL14 5DP

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St Cleer Holy Well

Well Path Cottage

2 Well Ln

St Cleer

Liskeard PL14 5DX