THE SOUTH DEVON 



MONTHLY MUSEUM. 



PLYMOUTH, FEBRUARY 1st, 1835. 



No. 26.] Price Sixpence. [Vol. V. 



THE PERAMBULATOR, No. XL 



ANTIQUITIES IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF 

 LISKEARD. 



The Cheese wring, (which was described in our last 

 number) St. Cleer's well and church, the Trethevy 

 cromlech, the cross on Caraton down, the Hurlers, 

 and Duniert's monument lie within the compass of 

 a morning's walk from Liskeard. 



The village of St. Cleer is situated about two miles 

 north of Liskeard, on the north side of a wild down, 

 which* is strewn with enormous masses of granite. 

 The village has nothing picturesque about it, unless 

 extreme filthiness can claim acquaintanceship there- 

 with. The church is a substantial edifice, built of 

 granite, which seems to be abundant in the immediate 

 neighbourhood ; it had an entrance on the north 

 side, under a Saxon arch, the entrance is now built 

 up, but the arch remains in good preservation. St. 

 Cleer's Well is a picturesque ruin : one side of it 

 only remains, luxuriantly clothed with ivy; in this 

 side are two niches, wherein probably were placed 

 images of those patron saints whose holiness was 

 unable to preserve the structure from the pious spoli- 

 ation of protestant reformers. From the ruins which 

 are scattered around one may judge that the well 

 was arched on three sides, and surrounded by an 

 iron railing : some of the stones have been removed, 

 and are now perhaps doing duty as door posts to 



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