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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Malcolm Kewn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: ruined medieval chapel in England
- Also known as: “Madron Well Chapel”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Trengwainton Garden and St Maddern’s Church, Madron.
Trengwainton Garden
Garden
Photo: N p holmes, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Trengwainton is a garden situated in Madron, near Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK, which has been in the ownership of the National Trust since 1961. The garden is noted for its collection of exotic trees and shrubs and offers views over Mount's Bay and The Lizard. Trengwainton Garden is situated 1 mile south of Madron Well and Madron Well Chapel.
St Maddern’s Church, Madron
Church
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Maddern's Church is the parish church of Madron, near Penzance in Cornwall and was once the mother church of Morvah and Penzance. It is a Grade I listed building. St Maddern’s Church, Madron is situated 4,000 feet southeast of Madron Well and Madron Well Chapel.
Lanyon Quoit
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Lanyon Quoit is a dolmen in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, 2 miles southeast of Morvah. It collapsed in a storm in 1815 and was re-erected nine years later, and as a result the dolmen is now very different from its original appearance. Lanyon Quoit is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Madron Well and Madron Well Chapel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carfury and Madron and Sancreed.
Carfury
Hamlet
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carfury is a hamlet in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated in Penwith approximately three miles northwest of Penzance. It is in the civil parish of Madron The 19th-century geologist Elizabeth Carne founded a school in Carfury.
Madron and Sancreed
Madron and Sancreed are the two landlocked parishes on the Penwith peninsula in West Cornwall.
New Mill
Hamlet
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
New Mill is a small settlement in west Cornwall, England. It is approximately 2 miles north of Penzance on the road to Gurnard's Head.
Madron Well and Madron Well Chapel
- Categories: archaeological site and historic site
- Location: Madron, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.14025° or 50° 8′ 25″ northLongitude
-5.57521° or 5° 34′ 31″ westOpen location code
9C2P4CRF+4WOpenStreetMap ID
node 1415921839OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q22338245
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Highlights include Madron Well and Trythall Community Primary School.
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