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<< Text Pages >> Pistyll Golau - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Wales in South Glamorgan

Submitted by coldrum on Monday, 25 June 2007  Page Views: 5624

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Pistyll Golau Alternative Name: Pistyll Gloeu
Country: 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:
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
4
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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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