St Nectans Kieve Waterfall

by Richard Brookes

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St Nectans Kieve Waterfall

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Richard Brookes

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St Nectan's Kieve is located in St Nectan's Glen on the Trevillet river at Trevithy near Tintagel on the North Cornwall Coast, England, UK. The 60 foot (18m) high waterfall cascades into a plunge pool and through an unusual natural rock arch. A place of pilgrimage, many consider it an important Celtic spiritual or sacred healing place known as a Cloutie, Cloughtie or Clootie well. Legends suggest that St Piran (the patron saint of tin miners and Cornwall) had a hermitage at the top of the waterfall and may have been buried beneath the waterfall. There is evidence of Roman occupation and a Bronze Age inscription nearby. Taken in August after recent heavy rainfall.

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August 14th, 2017

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