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<< Our Photo Pages >> St Ffraed's Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Wales in Monmouthshire

Submitted by coldrum on Thursday, 04 February 2010  Page Views: 3521

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Ffraed's Well
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.376 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Monmouthshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring

Map Ref: SO45972023
Latitude: 51.878005N  Longitude: 2.786286W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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St Ffraed's Well
St Ffraed's Well submitted by geoffstickland : this is the structure at the map reference given. Clearly, the well has been adapted as a domestic water supply, may be defunct now (Vote or comment on this photo)
Sacred Spring in Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy)

"Copious spring, associated with the nearby church (Nprn221985), probably once filled a pool which must have had a retaining wall, now destroyed, although there are stones in the stream bed that may have belonged to such a structure."

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St Ffraed's Well
St Ffraed's Well submitted by geoffstickland : S Ffraed is the Welsh rendering of the name Bride or Bridget (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: St Ffraed's Well by geoffstickland on Friday, 02 November 2018
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clearly the original well site has been modified for a domestic water supply
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