'Monks Well' 600m W of Watergall Bridge

1 An eminence with an irregular hollow 37m across and 1.5 or 1.8m deep, in the centre of which is a ‘singular rectangular pit’ lined with dressed stone, having angle stones on two sides to facilitate the descent. It is 2.3m deep, 0.66m square at the top and 1.3m at the bottom, where there is a stone through which the water flows from the spring on the hill above. A pipe conveys the water away to an arched reservoir 27m to the E (see PRN 814), from where it flows to the house.
2 Description in reference 1 correct.
3 The well now has a modern top. According to oral tradition, the monks who supposedly inhabited the Manor House were sent down the well as a form of penance, hence the stone seat at the bottom and the site name.