<< Text Pages >> Pistyll Golau - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Wales in South Glamorgan
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Pistyll Golau Alternative Name: Pistyll GloeuCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.97 km away from the location you searched for.
County: South Glamorgan Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Cardiff
Map Ref: ST13787962
Latitude: 51.508907N Longitude: 3.243755W
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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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 |
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Situated in Hermit woods part of Radyr woods.
Pistyll Golau spring at present is a dryed up depression surrounded by stones.
Spring is associated with a 6th century hermit. RCAHMW Coflein record: Pistyll Golau .
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