Anglesey Church Well, Gwalchmai 1 Feb 20205 Feb 2020 The greatest bonus of posting about wells on the blog is the feedback I receive, particularly when it brings new information and new wells. Responses I had following writing my…
Anglesey Well by Holy Rood Church, Ceirchiog, Bryngwran 16 Nov 201916 Nov 2019 Without its history a holy well is just a well. It is generally supposed that the formal use of holy wells ended towards the end of the sixteenth century with…
Anglesey Ffynnon Gorlas Llaingoch, Holyhead 12 Oct 201916 Feb 2023 Meanwhile, we return to Ynys Cybi, St Cybi’s island or Holy Island. Bingley in his 1798 Tour in Wales notes that the dividing channel between Anglesey and Holy Island is…
Anglesey Ffynnon Gyngar, Llangefni 28 Sep 201928 Sep 2019 Ffynnon Gyngar lies in The Dingle close to the church of St Cyngar in the centre of Llangefni. The Dingle is a landscaped valley through which the River Cefni flows.…
Anglesey 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…
Anglesey 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…
Anglesey Ffynnon Beuno, Aberffraw 9 Aug 20179 Aug 2017 This is the sixth well dedicated to Beuno that we have met with on this journey. Doubtless there will be more; though with the exception of the magnificent Ffynnon Beuno…
Anglesey Clorach Wells 15 Oct 201618 Oct 2016 One of the sites I most frequently receive inquiries about is Clorach, near Llanerchymedd. It is one of the most enduring and endearing stories associated with the early saints in…
Anglesey Ffynnon Redifael, Penmynydd 2 Oct 20162 Oct 2016 There are undoubtedly many better things to be doing on a drizzly October morning than splashing around in a muddy field on the trail of a well that is well…
Anglesey Ffynnon Bryn Fendigaid, Aberffraw 16 Apr 201627 Jul 2019 The Anglesey coastal village of Aberffraw appears to have lost more wells than some villages have ever had. Today we very briefly examine the remains of Ffynnon Bryn Fendigaid -…
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