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<< Text Pages >> Green Meadow Woods - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Wales in Monmouthshire

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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Green Meadow Woods
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 1.415 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Monmouthshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Newport  Nearest Village: Cwmbran
Map Ref: ST27859489
Latitude: 51.648156N  Longitude: 3.044199W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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
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4 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
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Possible Holy Well in Monmouthshire. Amateur archaeologists have uncovered what they say may be a holy well in woodland in Cwmbran, Torfaen. They were working on a dig to discover more about a settlement that dates back to the 16th Century that they already knew about. But they came across the well at Green Meadow Woods and believe it is much older.

Richard Davies from the Ancient Cwmbran Society said it may shed light on the area's religious history.

One of the best known holy wells in Wales is St Winefride's Well in Holywell which gives the town its name.

Legend has it a well sprung from the ground at the place where St Winefride, a noblewoman who lived during the 7th Century, was murdered by a local chieftain after she spurned his advances.

Her suitor, Caradog, is said to have cut off her head with a sword but she was restored to life by her uncle, St Beuno, and dedicated herself to holy works, becoming a nun and abbess.

Mr Davies said between 15 and 20 volunteers had been working hard at the site for the last week.

He said the settlement they were originally investigating dated back to around 1520, but the well was older.

"We are relatively certain its purpose was not for watering animals," he said.

"We are not sure whether its a holy well, a baptism pool or something else."

Holy wells can date back to the second and third centuries. The water in holy wells was said to have healing qualities.

Field archaeologists Roger Burchill said: "It is comprised of packed stones that are all placed with the front forming a face to the well itself.

"Who would use it is the $64m question. All we can say about it at the moment is the structure is totally different to what we have on the bank.

"We have a wall, we have some paths, we have a possible building up on the bank and we have this well. Connecting them together is the trick."

More, with a photo at BBC News. See also the pages of the Ancient Cwmbran Society
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Re: Green Meadow Woods by Anonymous on Friday, 28 November 2014
fascinating to read how the history is being brought to life, and not buried. I congratulate Richard, and the people working towards this. Too long has British history been hijacked by Anglo-centric historians. Hiya to Richard from Jinkey!
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