St Cleer C15th granite well house and baptistery, and adjacent Latin cross with carved Crucifixion, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, UK.

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St Cleer C15th well house and baptistery, and adjacent Latin stone cross with carved Crucifixion. The well house has a stone roof, columns and arches, and a niche at the front (W) containing a statue of St Cleer/St Clarus. Internal niches were provided to hold bathers' belongings. The cross with a carved Crucifixion was restored in 1864 in memory of Rev. John Jope. A bowssening pool, for the cure of insanity by the use of violent total immersion and sacred chants, was situated behind the well and fed by it.

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Size: 5669px × 4257px
Location: St Cleer Well and Cross, St Cleer, Liskeard, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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