St Ruan's Well, Cornwall

St Ruan’s Well is a Scheduled Monument (ref 1006753) and comprises of a well house built over a spring located in a slight hollow at the head of a gentle valley. Now known as St Ruan’s Well it was originally called St Grade’s Well. The well house is made of serpentine, slate and granite bedded in lime mortar with granite primarily used for the arched doorway, roof ridge, the niche above the well and the vaulted roof. A shallow socket hole in the roof ridge is believed to have been for a gable cross (now lost) but originally this would have been positioned above the opening to the well. The well house was altered in the 17th century and may have incorporated parts of an earlier medieval building. It was repointed in summer 2021. **This survey has been undertaken as part of the Scheduled Monument Management Project funded by Historic England and managed by Cornwall Archaeological Unit.** [Read more about St Ruan's Well](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1006753).