<< Our Photo Pages >> St Silin's Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Wales in Powys
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Silin's WellCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 2.7 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Powys Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Oswestry Nearest Village: Llansilin
Map Ref: SJ209282
Latitude: 52.845473N Longitude: 3.175897W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | no data |
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The fountain has it’s very own bank account under the care of “The Friends of the Fountain” so that it can pay it’s annual water bill to the Severn Trent Water Company and thus continue to quench the thirst of passers-by.
St. Silin was a shadowy figure of whom little is known.
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