The Healing Well and the Holed Stone
The Healing Well and the Holed Stone
Day trip

The Healing Well and the Holed Stone

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Cornwall

A short west Cornwall folklore walk from Madron’s clootie well to Mên-an-Tol, linking healing water, rag offerings, fairy stories and the strange old ritual of passing through stone.

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Use caution - walking directions may not always reflect real-world conditions.

Plan your visit
Getting there
Park in Madron village and follow signed footpaths to the well and clootie tree, then continue on field paths and lanes to Mên-an-Tol.
Parking
Roadside parking in Madron village; a small layby near the Mên-an-Tol path.
Best time
Late spring to early autumn, dry days when the moor paths are firm; clootie tree feels most alive after pilgrim seasons.
Terrain
Village lanes, muddy field paths, granite stiles and open moorland — boots recommended.

The trip story

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    Some site IDs in this trip weren't found in the sheet: madron-well-and-clootie-tree, men-an-tol

    What remains

    What remains is folk medicine made of stone and water: a wishing tree above a healing spring, and a holed rock that still asks you to climb through it.

    Along the way

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