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<< Our Photo Pages >> Priory Well (Powys) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Wales in Powys

Submitted by coldrum on Tuesday, 12 January 2010  Page Views: 4073

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Priory Well (Powys)
Country: Wales County: Powys Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Brecon
Map Ref: SO04522906
Latitude: 51.951806N  Longitude: 3.390721W
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
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AJHL visited on 17th Feb 2023 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5 You can drive to the Cathedral car park and go through the graveyard throughto the other side where the two wells are.

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Priory Well (Powys)
Priory Well (Powys) submitted by geoffstickland : Well easily accessible in Cathedral grounds (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well or Sacred Spring in the grounds of Brecon Cathedral

From Coflein: "Quadrilateral basin with stone walls, 2.0m diagonally, said to have been recently damaged (1962)."
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Priory Well (Powys)
Priory Well (Powys) submitted by AJHL : An interesting well. Easy to find and with good access. This well feeds in to the lower pool. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SO0429 : Holy waters? by Neil Owen
by Neil Owen
©2012(licence)
SO0429 : The Priory Well by Alan Bowring
by Alan Bowring
©2015(licence)
SO0429 : Path through Priory Groves, Brecon by Jaggery
by Jaggery
©2013(licence)
SO0429 : NE entrance to Brecon Cathedral grounds by Jaggery
by Jaggery
©2013(licence)
SO0429 : Riverside path through Priory Groves, Brecon by Jaggery
by Jaggery
©2013(licence)

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