Gwynedd In search of Ffynnon Chwerthin, Llanberis 24 Oct 20217 Nov 2021 Ffynnon Chwerthin – the Laughing Well – was described by Myrddin Fardd (John Jones) in his Llên Gwerin Sir Gaernarfon (Folklore of Caernarfonshire) in 1908. He described a well near…
Gwynedd Ffynnon Dderfel, Llandderfel, Bala 27 Mar 20202 Jun 2020 I have visited this well three or four times now but never, until now, managed to write down anything about it. I suppose I never fully managed to establish what…
Gwynedd Ffynnon y Gwaenydd, Chwilog, Llanystumdwy 10 Sep 2019 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…
Gwynedd Ffynnon Cybi Bach, Nefyn 19 Nov 2018 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…
Gwynedd 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…
Gwynedd 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…
Gwynedd 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…
Gwynedd Three Mynytho Wells 28 Oct 201713 Oct 2018 A misty moisty morning in Mynytho, at the tip of the Llŷn Peninsula near Abersoch, searching out another group of wells was the catalyst for a rare bout of philosophising…
Gwynedd Ffynnon Gadfarch, Abererch 15 Oct 201716 Oct 2017 This item will be necessarily brief, In the words of Lewis Carroll “I’ll tell thee everything I can, There’s little to relate....” Ffynnon Gadfarch is one of those saints wells…
Gwynedd Ffynnon Rhedyw, Llanllyfni 22 Jul 20177 Aug 2017 After a forced, unexpectedly long, hiatus we are back on the road; the road today being the A487 from Bangor to Fishguard which has already led us past our previous…
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