St Sampson's Holywell, Golant, Cornwall

Adjoined to the church, left of the porch, I'd thought I'd been here before... I must have done, I remember me Mother bringin' me here, though I remember a cliff with a cave like well and trees. Still tryna decipher my memories to figure out where I'm actually thinking about. J. Meyrick mentions a small figure that was on the niche on the back wall... It's not there now! St Sampson (Welsh born, educated in Ireland) visited a hermit in his small cell here next to the well, then founded the church after defeating a serpent (large snake?) and before carrying on to Brittany (Amorica, as it was known then) as he had be told to do so in a dream, he then became the archbishop of Dol. He is well documented, being the saint that was turned away from Landocco (St Kew, who was Docco's sister), by a young monk (St Wyllow, I think, shall find out soon) so not to embarras the winebibbing incumbents of that monastery. He then went on to Bodmin moor and brought someone back to life which converted the heathens that had been worshipping a stone idol, then came to the shores of the river Fowey (pronounced foy, meaning beech tree). Supposedly died around 565 in Llantwit Major, Wales. Up the road is Castle Dore, king Mark's stronghold from the Tristan and Iseult romance's.
In Catherine Rachel John's book 'The Saints of cornwall', there is more information on St Sampson or Samson as she refers to him, a lot of it being different to the above info. I shall add tis here soon.

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