Water trough and conduit, Mount Pleasant
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Water trough and conduit, Mount Pleasant
Image: © Derek Harper Taken: 2 Aug 2021
An old granite trough forms part of a well outside a listed house https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1325400?section=official-list-entry at the foot of Harper's Hill, feet away from the A381. "Recorded as ‘Harperyswill’ and as supplying the castle moat in 1471. Regarded as a curative well. Water still flows in the conduit at the bottom of Harper’s Hill just across the busy A381" https://insearchofholywellsandhealingsprings.com/source-first-series-contents/some-ancient-and-holy-wells-of-devon/ . A more prosaic source of water comes in the form of a tap on the right. The whole is presided over by a painted cat, whose expression suggests that the water has unexpectedly strong qualities. Could it be another of Malcolm Curley's creations?
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Image Location
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50.429599
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-3.692693