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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Ffynnon Angaeron Alternative Name: Cold Well, Aeron's Well, Pin Well,Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 2.525 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Monmouthshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Abergavenny Nearest Village: Goytre
Map Ref: SO298051
Latitude: 51.740189N Longitude: 3.018078W
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| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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It has been described as a Medieval wishing well. A Thomas Thomas of Cardiff visited the well in 1890. He referred to it as that and said that pins, pencil stubs and buttons were tossed in. Apparently, when making a wish one had to do so in silence for it to come true. However, the well/spring was there long before that. It probably did have some religious significance in pre-Christian times, and the Roman legions who came to this area would have been aware of it.
Today pilgrims still visit the well and a few coins are sometimes deposited in the water - in the hope of a wish coming true. The name of the well is uncertain; it could be named for someone called Aeron or Aaron - some mythical personage lost in the mists of time, probably not a local saint.
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