Dupath Well

This charming well-house, built about 1500, stands over an ancient spring, believed to cure whooping cough.

Built by the Augustinian canons of nearby St Germans priory, it houses the remains of an immersion pool for cure-seekers.

In the medieval period the cult of holy wells was very strong, and during that time about 40 Cornish springs or wells had structures of some kind built over them, usually simple gabled houses.

Dupath is an unusually large and late example of such a holy well-house, and it has survived largely unaltered.