Well Hopper – Exploring the ancient holy wells and healing wells of North Wales

Ffynnon y Gwaenydd, Chwilog, Llanystumdwy

We have very little source material to draw on for the story of Ffynnon y Gwaenydd which appears to lie beside the Afon Wen as it flows through Cwilog near…

Ffynnon Cybi, Holyhead

19 Jul 201920 Jul 2019

Anglesey's wells seem to have a deep seated problem with transport planners. We have seen previously how, in the mid nineteenth century, Cybi's well at Clorach was seen as surplus…

Book Review – The Living Wells of Wales by Phil Cope

5 Jul 20196 Jul 2019

Last autumn I spent three fascinating days in the company of photographer and author Phil Cope, photographing wells for his new book. Well at least he was photographing, I was…

Ffynnon y Gweithiwr, Cilcain

16 Apr 201916 Apr 2019

I have just finished reading Tristan Gray Hulse's fascinating in depth study of Ffynnon Lleinw near Cilcain, Flintshire which has been serialised over the last few months in the In Search…

Ffynnon y Wrach, Holyhead

30 Mar 20191 Apr 2019

Ffynnon y Wrach is virtually impossible to miss, a strange alien structure at the very side of the road beneath Holyhead Mountain as you drive up towards South Stack. An…

Ffynnon Cybi Bach, Nefyn

Ffynnon Cybi Bach, lies in the shadow of Garn Boduan, to the left of the A497 as you leave Nefyn towards Pwllheli. The recently inaugurated long distance footpath Llwybr y…

Ffynnon Beuno, Llanwnda

24 Feb 201813 Oct 2018

There really can’t be many wells this remote that are so conveniently reached by public transport, but Ffynnon Beuno here in the hills above Bontnewydd is only a couple of…

Ffynnon Saint, Criccieth

12 Feb 201813 Oct 2018

For a well with so little remaining substance or recent history, Ffynnon Saint in Criccieth is remarkably well signposted. It lies (lay) at one end of Holywell Terrace and the…

Ffynnon Beuno, Penmorfa, Porthmadog

5 Feb 201813 Feb 2018

There is a very clear theme running through our reporting of Beuno’s wells and I risk becoming very repetitive. The last one we saw, at Aberffraw, had disappeared under a…

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Ffynnon Gemig – St George’s Well, Llansansiôr, Abergele

18 Nov 201713 Oct 2018

St George's Well, Ffynnon Gemig, Ffynnon Gegidog or Ffynnon Lansansiôr (see note at the end on naming) is a well I've often intended to visit but until now never stopped…