Gwynedd Ffynnon Edliw, Llandwrog 13 Nov 201613 Nov 2016 Ffynnon Edliw lies just to the west of the Glynllifon estate near the village of Llandwrog south west of Caernarfon. It sits within a small copse that bears the same…
Gwynedd Ffynnon Fair, Llanbedrog 29 Oct 201631 Oct 2016 Ffynnon Fair, St Mary’s Well, lying in open country, half a mile or so to the north of Llanbedrog was apparently once an important local feature. I place it now…
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…
Gwynedd Ffynnon Engan, Llanengan 4 Jun 2016 Llanengan lies towards the tip of the Llyn Peninsula, a mile or so from Abersoch above the wide bay Porth Neigwl commonly known as Hell's Mouth. The church here is…
Gwynedd Ffynnon Cefn Lleithfan, Bryncroes 7 May 201629 Oct 2016 Ffynnon Cefn Lleithfan is unfortunately a little uninspiring once you find it. Rather than any thought of picturesqueness its main interest is the traditions that are associated with it, showing…
Gwynedd Ffynnon Ddwrdan, Aberdaron 30 Apr 201630 Apr 2016 Ffynnon Ddwrdan lies on open farmland, a couple of hundred yards to the north of the important sixteenth century house Bodwrdda. It. Is surrounded on three sides by a barbed…
Anglesey Ffynnon Bryn Fendigaid, Aberffraw 16 Apr 201630 Jul 2018 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 -…
Gwynedd Ffynnon Enddwyn, Llanenddwyn 9 Apr 201614 Nov 2017 It is no more than three or four miles as the crow flies across the hill tops between Ffynnon Oledd and Ffynnon Enddwyn, two wells very similar in location and…
Gwynedd Ffynnon Armon, Uwchmynydd, Aberdaron 16 Jan 201616 Jan 2016 These deserted cliff tops, often wind swept and bleak, harbour quite a number of fresh water springs. Close to the water's edge, below where the church of St Mary once…
