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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Illog's Well (Hirnant) Alternative Name: Ffynnon Hise
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 2.082 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Powys Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Oswestry Nearest Village: Hirnant
Map Ref: SJ04902313
Latitude: 52.797320N Longitude: 3.41191W
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**St Illog's Well (Hirnant)** submitted by Sunny100 : Pre-conquest font in the church of St Illog at Hirnant. The large bowl has crude thin crosses carved around the sides, while the base appears to have what could be Celtic knotwork, but the font is now very worn. The photo was taken in 1991 by my friend Averil Jones of Penybont Fawr near Oswestry. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Powys

The tiny village of Hirnant is 6 miles north-west of Llanfyllin and 12 miles south-west of Oswestry. It can be reached by going north from the B4391 road and up a country lane to the church-cum-chapel of St Illog, a 6-7th century hermit. The holy well (Ffynnon Illog) is located some 300 yards northwest of the church beside a wooded area and just west of a caravan park.

According to Francis Jones in his work 'The Holy Wells Of Wales' 1992 the well "cured diverse diseases". Pins were thrown into the well which was much resorted to for its mineral power. Jones says that "it is now called Ffynnon Hise". The well pre-dates the local saint called Illog as does Carnedd Illog a tumulus on top of a nearby hill where the hermit saint was thought to be buried. The condition of the well is not known but it is still there.

The little church of St Illog houses what may be a pre-Conquest Font ?
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SJ0422 : Green path above Hirnant by Jeremy Bolwell — by Jeremy Bolwell
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SJ0522 : Old parsonage at Hirnant by Jeremy Bolwell — by Jeremy Bolwell
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SJ0422 : Sheep on a hillside at Hirnant by Bill Boaden — by Bill Boaden
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SJ0522 : Chapel at Hirnant by Jeremy Bolwell — by Jeremy Bolwell
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SJ0522 : St Illog, Hirnant by Bill Boaden — by Bill Boaden
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