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<< Our Photo Pages >> St Myllin's Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Wales in Powys

Submitted by vicky on Monday, 29 March 2004  Page Views: 11180

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Myllin's Well
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 2.414 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Powys Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
 Nearest Village: Llanfyllin
Map Ref: SJ1393819533  Landranger Map Number: 125
Latitude: 52.766512N  Longitude: 3.276955W
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
4 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
0No data.
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
0no data
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St Myllin's Well
St Myllin's Well submitted by KiwiBetsy : St Myllin’s well in Llanfyllin is dedicated to St Myllin who lived in the area in the 7th century and was a pioneer of baptism by total immersion. People used to visit the well on Trinity Sunday to drink the water sweetened with sugar. The well was originally about 6 feet square but the present well which was rescued from the brambles and rebuilt in 1987 has changed considerably. Within a... (Vote or comment on this photo)
St Myllin, after whom the town of Llanfyllin takes its name, is believed to have been a 6th or 7th century Irish monk. Although the historical evidence is scant, Myllin is said to have carried out baptisms by immersion here at this well - the first in Britain. The restoration of the well won the Prince of Wales Award in 1987.

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SJ1319 : St Myllin's Well by Stephen McKay
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SJ1319 : Above Llanfyllin by Stephen McKay
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SJ1419 : High Street, Llanfyllin (A490) by Chris Ward
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SJ1419 : Former Agricultural Worker's Cottages, Llanfyllin by Chris Andrews
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Re: St Myllin's Well by tudor59 on Friday, 12 February 2021
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The well location above is wrong this is the true coordinates 52.766509, -3.276958
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Re: St Myllin's Well by Anonymous on Thursday, 25 August 2016
Nice little well. The original site is up in the field. I don't think it has been looked after for a while now though.
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Re: St Myllin's Well by coldrum on Thursday, 07 January 2010
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Coflein record.

http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/32413/details/FFYNNON+COED-Y-LLAN%3BST+MYLLIN%27S+WELL%3BFFYNNON+MYLLIN/
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