Documenting: Holy Wells
This is my favourite photo from an invitation from @alice_mahoney to document the experience on her beautiful holy wells walk. 📸💫
Alice: In May, a group of us gathered at Treslothan to explore lost and existing sites of water, and the deep connections between water, community, and landscape. 🌳💧The walk brought together people with shared interests in holy wells, ancient sites, local history, and ecology. 🌍 We visited several wells, including the magical Reens ✨—with its big mossy boulders 🪨, river, and the remains of St Ia’s Chapel, which may once have sat above a spring where water flowed through the floor of the building. Further along, there was also a beautiful medieval well.
Huge thanks to everyone who came along, and special thanks to @melaniestidolph for beautifully capturing the experience 📸💫, to @hurry_up_harriet and @sj_blackmore for helping me capture sounds and conversations 🎤…and to Jonny Davey and Andy Norfolk for their generous knowledge.✨And of course, thank you to Tamsin @wildpesto for the incredible cake and focaccia! 🍰🤤 This walk is part of my ongoing project Water Bodies, funded by @aceagrams and @cambornetowncouncil 💙