Constantine Gallery

St Constantines well, Constantine Bay, Cornwall. 1961

A good example of a holy well with a well basin, bench seat and well house. The well basin has clear water which forms a narrow channel through the well house. Along with St Constantine's chapel, the well was a place of pilgrimage in medieval times. Pilgrims would wash their feet in the water which was believed to have miraculous properties. It was probably abandoned when the sand shifted and the settlement moved inland. The well is mentioned in 1700 but then disappeared beneath the sand and was seen again in 1911 when the sands moved. The well was restored in 1923 and in the 1950s a slate shelter was built over it. Photographer: Charles Woolf

© RIC, photographer Charles Woolf

Roman Coins, St Columb Minor, Cornwall

Five of eighty eight Roman coins dug up by C.K. Croft Andrew during the 1939 summer excavations at Trevelgue Head (also known as Porth Island), St Columb Porth. The copper alloy coins were found during the excavation of Hut 1 and the area immediately upslope from the building. From left to right: Constantius II Caesar (323-337) TRURI : 1954.16.2.42; Constantine II Caesar (317-337) TRURI : 1954.16.2.11; Valens (364-378) TRURI : 1954.16.2.74; Constantinopolis (330 -341) TRURI : 1954.16.2.18; Urbs Roma (330 - 335 AD) TRURI : 1954.16.2.76. 4th century AD

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Nancemoy, Constantine, Cornwall. Early 1900s

A view of Nancemoy, south of Constantine Churchtown. Houses can be seen in the distance through the trees and a boy is standing in the harvest field in the right foreground. Photographer: Tonkin

© From the collection of the RIC

Agriculture, Corn, Cornish, Harvest, Harvesting, Stooks