St Leonard’s Well

Sacred Well
SX561676
Disputed

Nearest town:

Plympton (11km S)

OS reference:

SX561676

OS sheet:

202

Latitude:

50° 29' 23.58 N

Longitude:

4° 1' 43.89 W

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Images (2)
Fieldnotes (1)
Miscellaneous (1)

Images

Image of St Leonard’s Well (Sacred Well) by thesweetcheat

The Victorian well-head.

Image credit: A. Brookes (7.8.2010)

thesweetcheat Sep 22, 2010

Image of St Leonard’s Well (Sacred Well) by thesweetcheat

St Leonard’s Well.

Image credit: A. Brookes (7.8.2010)

thesweetcheat Sep 22, 2010

Articles

St Leonard’s Well

Sacred Well

thesweetcheat Dec 19, 2010

The next village reached is Sheepstor, little more than a hamlet really, with a square-towered granite church and medieval cross at its centre and a quintessential Dartmoor leat running along the roadside. Of interest is an old well-head, standing outside the eastern wall of the churchyard. Constructed of bits of gothic tracery, the water in the well itself is clear.

St Leonard’s Well

Sacred Well

thesweetcheat Sep 22, 2010

Possible holy well, the well-head is a Victorian construction made using elements of gothic tracery when the church was restored. The earliest documentary source is 1570.

More here, along with other info about Sheepstor village history:

legendarydartmoor.co.uk/sheepstor_church.htm

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3
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1

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Childe’s Tomb

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1
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1
Brockhill Ford West

Cairn(s) • 11.83km E

2
Crow Tor

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3

2
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7

4
Stennen Hill

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9

1
Butterdon stone row

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16

1

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11

2
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15

1
White Tor Stone Row

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8

1

1
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Spurrell’s Cross Stone Row

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6

2
Corringdon Ball Long Barrow

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1
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3
Weatherdon Hill

Cairn(s) • 12.42km ESE

2

1
Glaze Meet

Cairn(s) • 12.48km ESE

3

1
Beardown Man

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13

2
Butterdon Hill (north) cairn

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3

1
Gripper’s Hill

Cairn(s) • 12.63km E

13

1

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6
Addicombe

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Cairn(s) • 12.81km NNE

16

1
Coffin Stone

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Butterdon Hill cairns

Cairn(s) • 12.91km ESE

21

2
Butterdon Hill cairn circle

Cairn circle • 12.93km ESE

4

2
Lakehead Hill

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43

2
Harbourne Head cairns

Cairn(s) • 13.29km E

2

1
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Cairn(s) • 13.32km ENE

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1
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2
Yar Tor

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1

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Cuckoo Ball

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13

2
Riddon Ridge

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Western Beacon

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19

5
Harbourne Head

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5

1
Aish Ridge

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2

2
Chittaford Down

Cist • 13.96km NNE

9

2
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8

2
Corndon Tor

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33

1
Cantrell Stone Row

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3

2
Corndon Tor

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.34km ENE

1
Broad Down Cairn

Cairn(s) • 14.36km NNE

2

1
Roundy Park

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 14.37km NNE

3
Roundy Park

Cairn(s) • 14.37km NNE

16

2
Cator Common North Cairn

Cairn(s) • 15.33km NE

3

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2
Brent Hill

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1
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12

4
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22

7
Soussons Common Cairn Circle

Cairn circle • 15.81km NE

23

8

2
Stannon Newtake

Cist • 16.28km NE

1

1
Hembury Castle

Hillfort • 16.47km ENE

19

5

1
Soussons Down

Cairn(s) • 16.66km NE

2
Sittaford

Stone Circle • 16.67km NNE

14

1

1

1
Sittaford Tor hut circles

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.8km NNE

3
Hingston Down East

Round Barrow(s) • 17.25km W

1
Doe Tor

Cist • 17.28km NNW

5

1
The Greywethers

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63

4

11

3
Water Hill

Cairn(s) • 17.46km NE

2
The Dun Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 17.49km ENE

1

1
Water Hill

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 17.6km NE

1
Hingston Down

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 17.92km W

1

1
Assycombe Hill

Stone Row / Alignment • 18km NNE

33

3
Gallows Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 18.27km NW

1

1
Challacombe

Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue • 18.42km NE

19

2
Hurston Ridge

Stone Row / Alignment • 18.53km NE

17

1

2

1
Mount Edgcumbe Barrow

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 18.61km SW

1

1
Hurston Ridge

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 18.61km NE

3
Dupath Rounds

Enclosure • 18.7km W

1

1
Whitehorse Hill

Cist • 18.71km NNE

1

6

1
Birch Tor

Cairn(s) • 18.73km NE

13

1
Wittaburrow

Cairn(s) • 18.79km ENE

11
Great Links Tor

Round Cairn • 18.82km NNW

10

1

1
Fernworthy Round House

18.86km NNE

19

1
Tunhill Rocks

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 18.89km ENE

1
West Vitifer

Cairn(s) • 18.89km NE

2
Castlewich Henge

Henge • 18.95km W

3

3
Fernworthy SE

Cairn(s) • 18.96km NNE

2

1

1
Blackslade Down

Cist • 18.96km ENE

7

1
Fernworthy Stone Row (South)

Stone Row / Alignment • 18.96km NNE

7

2
Fernworthy

Stone Circle • 18.97km NNE

54

6

2
Fernworthy Cairn and Cairn Circle (Eastern)

Cairn circle • 19.01km NNE

5

2
Kit Hill

19.02km W

2

1
East Lowton settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 19.13km NNE

17

1
Fernworthy stone row (North)

Stone Row / Alignment • 19.14km NNE

15

1

3

1
Hamel Down

Cairn(s) • 19.14km NE

6
Grimspound & Hookney Tor

19.27km NE

49

8

1
Foale’s Arrishes

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 19.45km ENE

9
Heath Stone

Standing Stone / Menhir • 19.47km NE

1

1
Metherall Settlement

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 19.55km NNE

12

2
Top Tor

Cairn(s) • 19.57km ENE

7
Grims Lake Mire

Cist • 19.62km NE

10

1
Shapley Tor

Cairn(s) • 19.69km NE

6
Thornworthy Down

Cist • 19.75km NNE

12

1
East Bovey Head

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 19.78km NE

14

1
Horridge Common (West)

Cairn(s) • 19.81km ENE

1

1
Seven Lords’ Lands

Cairn(s) • 19.92km ENE

7

2

2
Great Nodden

Cairn(s) • 20km NNW

4