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

Submitted by coldrum on Tuesday, 12 January 2010  Page Views: 4675

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Bishop Gower's Well
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.944 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Powys Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring

Map Ref: SO0551330776
Latitude: 51.967400N  Longitude: 3.376749W
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.
4 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.
5 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
5

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Bishop Gower's Well submitted by geoffstickland : The rear of the well (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Powys

From Coflein: "Residence of the Bishop of St Davids, also site of Archdeacon of Brecon's residence from at least the later 12th century; ruinous by early 16th century: an irregular quadrilateral, about 90m north-east to south-west by 85m, bounded by a stretch of ditch, or moat on the north-east, elsewhere the remains of a wall about the south-western & part of the north-west side; there are remains of substantial masonry buildings on the north-west, including a possible hall block, about 18m north-east to south-west by 12m; towards the centre of the south-west front is a projecting bastion adjoining 'Bishop Gower's Well': recent clearance work on the hall block revealed that the hall was set over a vaulted basement, 15m by 7.0m."
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SO0530 : Bishop Gower's Well, Llanddew by Jaggery
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SO0530 : Bishop Gower's Well, Llanddew by Philip Pankhurst
by Philip Pankhurst
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SO0530 : The pump, Bishop Gower's well by Philip Pankhurst
by Philip Pankhurst
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SO0530 : Lych Gate at St David's Church in Llanddew by peter robinson
by peter robinson
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SO0530 : Village centre, Llanddew by Jonathan Billinger
by Jonathan Billinger
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Re: Bishop Gower's Well by davidmorgan on Saturday, 15 December 2012
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