Seven of the Tamar Dowsers arrived at Penhallam car park, just the right number to fit into Lyn’s Land Rover when she drove us down to our cars after we had partaken of tea and treats in her beautiful farmhouse set in the most idyllic surroundings a field or two away from Penhallam.
Here the rods came to life discovering crossing ley lines in the living room one from the entrance door and the other going to the fireplace, how a wood burning stove, also there was possible water in the garden.
To get back to the reason for our visit. A ten minute walk through woods brought us to Penhallam, the former home of Andrew de Cardinham surrounded by a well maintained moat and consisting now of grass covered walls and floors clearly showing the courtyard, chapel and rooms of the old building.
The courtyard made our rods very active a ley line about 2’6” wide crossed diagonally having a spiral in it’s centre which we were all able to find.
One corner in the courtyard made our dowsing rods react very strongly Jacki Ruth and John were able to focus on a woman sitting there, all three agreed that she appeared to be using her arms for sewing or jotting. Jacki thought she was sewing some sort of sacred garment and John saw her in a wooden chair with a rounded back. It would have been a warm sunny corner in which to work.
The chapel was lively with spirals and ley lines.
The well had a reaction Nigel found at ten feet and forty feet which Jacki thought might be seasonal variations.
There is a plan, not to good for dowsers to see too soon, which showed us the positions of three gardederobes which after some discussion we decided were the lavatories, upon consulting “chambers” when we got home we discovered that indeed they were the privies.
There was the possibility of fighting in the courtyard, could this have been connected with a Norman fort on a hill nearby which Lyn pointed out to us later.
It was a very enjoyable and exciting evening, thanks to all for their company.
Peggy Bennett