Wondrous Well of Lyskiret

Pipe Well

Come and see the Pipewell with the gates open so that you can see the lovely stonework as well as the water source. Hosts will be there to tell everyone about the building and the slate tank where the spring water is channelled. Help Liskeard and District Museum unlock the flows of time at the Well of Lyskiret. Stop by the Pipewell to share tales and trinkets for Liskeard Unlocked, crafts, costumes and chatty museum volunteers to be expected!

The well is probably the main reason for the town’s existence. The springs which supply it are pure and have never been known to run dry. (During the severe drought of 1976, when water rationing was enforced and standpipes were erected in the streets, Liskeard residents preferred to get their water from the Pipewell.)

For centuries the town markets were situated near it and the waters were used for washing goods – and people. The many quaint-sounding regulations forbidding the washing of ‘bellies’ and fish are recorded on the new noticeboard. As with many wells in Cornwall, there are superstitions associated with the drinking of the water which is supposed to lead to marital harmony and to cure blindness.

Saturday 7th September, 10am to 1pm. The Pipewell is in Well Lane at the bottom of Pike Street.