{{Short description|Village in mid Cornwall, England}} {{Use British English|date=February 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{coord|50.40813|-4.92239|display=title}} thumb|Cottages in Ruthvoes village '''Ruthvoes''' ({{langx|kw|Rudhfos}})<ref>[http://www.magakernow.org.uk/default.aspx?page=520 Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515091028/http://www.magakernow.org.uk/default.aspx?page=520 |date=2013-05-15 }} : [http://www.magakernow.org.uk/idoc.ashx?docid=79ba408d-7c02-499e-8cd6-b18dd48de58d&version=-1 '''List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel'''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515071635/http://www.magakernow.org.uk/idoc.ashx?docid=79ba408d-7c02-499e-8cd6-b18dd48de58d&version=-1 |date=2013-05-15 }}. Cornish Language Partnership.</ref> is a village in mid Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is in the parish of St Columb Major, about two miles (3 km) south of St Columb Major town and {{convert|6+1/2|mi|km}} east of Newquay.<ref>Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 ''Newquay & Bodmin'' {{ISBN|978-0-319-22938-5}}</ref>
The village lies on the northwest edge of Goss Moor near the A30 dual carriageway trunk road. The Par to Newquay branch railway passes south of the settlement.
Ruthvoes is the location of the holy well of Saint Columba the virgin and, according to legend, is where she was beheaded.<ref>[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/StColumbMajor/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100813122151/http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/StColumbMajor/ |date=2010-08-13 }} GENUKI; St Columb Major; retrieved April 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.freewebs.com/organgrinders/columba-way/index.htm St Columba Way website]{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Retrieved May 2010</ref>
==Notable people== Richard Bullock, miner, stockbroker; guard on the Deadwood stagecoach; born at Ruthvoes
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Category:Villages in Cornwall Category:Holy wells in Cornwall Category:St Columb Major
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