Anyone been here?

Castlewich Henge 3

Pilgrim Feb 8, 2006 10:49:23

Hello, friends, and greetings from New Zealand.
Arrived safe and sound - still jet-lagged, but recovering.

Before we left last Wednesday, we had a week at Ma and pa's over in Cornwall at Kelly Bray, just outside Callington. Discussing stoney things (as I am prone to do) it was mentioned that there is a henge just outside Callington. Ears pricked and senses alerted, I have looked on multimap and the aerial photo looks like this:
http://www.multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?client=public&X=237500&Y=68500&width=500&height=300&gride=237000.000025623&gridn=68499.8958286809&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=grid&pc=&zm=0&scale=10000&left.x=7&left.y=96

Get a map (OS site) has it at: SX370685.

It's in the horseshoe-shaped field.

Anyone been there or know anything else about it? Mr Hamhead? Lubin? Goff - there's a Holy Well just across the road.......

Hope you're all well - I'm off to bed (it's 23.40 here!)

Peace

Pilgrim

FourWinds Feb 8, 2006 11:08:42

Replying to Pilgrim

Glad you arrived safely.

Wowser that's a real doozie of a field! And looks like a monster henge too. I love spotting those when browsing the aerial photos.

Never been. Never even heard of it. Thanks

ocifant Feb 8, 2006 11:21:42

Replying to Pilgrim

Glad you made it safely!!

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/720 is the site you're looking at I believe?

goffik Feb 8, 2006 13:10:28

Replying to Pilgrim

Arrr! That be the Dupath Holy Well! A beauty of a wellhouse, that one!

http://www.bath.ac.uk/~prsrlp/kernunos/england/dupath.htm

Cured my whooping cough good and proper. ;o)

Actually - the water didn't look too clean when we were there, and as it's down a slope from a load of cows, I would be wary of ever tasting it! The very thought of drinking from it would be enough to cure most diseases, I reckon..!

I know bugger all about the henge though - will look it up next tiem we're down that way...

Nice to see ya here, mate! You didn't hang about, did you?

G x

Moth Feb 8, 2006 16:23:02

Replying to Pilgrim

Nope - not bin there, tho think I may've noticed it on a map - rings a vague bell now we know the name.

Glad you got there OK & hope yer aving fun!!! :^)

love

Moth

Mr Hamhead Feb 14, 2006 09:29:37

Replying to Pilgrim

Sorry, missed this one..

Just to confirm that as yet I have not been to Castlewhich. Been past it many a time, it is just off the main Saltash Callington road. But it is one of those sites that is on private land, in the middle of a field, and there aint many places you can pull off the road. Do I need anymore excuses to say I haven't visited somewhere that was only a mile down the road from somewhere I worked for two years?

Enjoy NZ Pilgrim, blue sky and sunshine in Cornwall this morning.

Mr H