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<< Our Photo Pages >> St Beuno's Well (Tremeirchion) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Wales in Denbighshire

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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Beuno's Well (Tremeirchion)
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 2.158 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Denbighshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
 Nearest Village: Tremeirchon
Map Ref: SJ083723  Landranger Map Number: 116
Latitude: 53.239779N  Longitude: 3.375485W
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.
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 Beuno's Well (Tremeirchion)
St Beuno's Well (Tremeirchion) submitted by KiwiBetsy : A door in the wall allows access to a narrow ledge around the pool and steps leading down into the water suggest that this was both a healing well and one used for baptisms by St Beuno. The waters had a reputation for healing eye complaints. The well is currently cared for by the land owner who also runs a B&B in the nearby house. The day we visited, he was in the process of giving the well... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well in Denbighshire

Apr 2011 update: The interpretation board has been removed and the well fenced into a garden with a 'private, no access' sign on it.
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St Beuno's Well (Tremeirchion)
St Beuno's Well (Tremeirchion) submitted by TimPrevett : The bathing pool for the well; steps to rear right. I guess the wall must be recent, as those steps are hard to get at! Looking at the water now, I would not want to bathe or drink that. No thankyou! (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Beuno's Well (Tremeirchion)
St Beuno's Well (Tremeirchion) submitted by TimPrevett : The well has a very attractive interpretive board. Nicely presented. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Beuno's Well (Tremeirchion)
St Beuno's Well (Tremeirchion) submitted by TimPrevett : Looking into the mouth of what is often the outflow for the well, from the bathing pool. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Beuno's Well (Tremeirchion)
St Beuno's Well (Tremeirchion) submitted by KiwiBetsy : This is one of the many wells of St Beuno. He was the uncle (or spiritual tutor) of St Winifrede who put her head back on and founded churches and monasteries across North Wales in the 7th century. It sits by the roadside just south of Tremeirchon on the B5429. A high stone wall surrounds a large rectangular pool some 4 feet deep that is fed by water constantly bubbling up from the ground. ... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: St Beuno's Well (Tremeirchion) by Sunny100 on Saturday, 02 April 2011
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Oh dear me, sorry to hear about that. More and more sites seem to be on private land nowadays. This is quite sad really. Though the landowners should still allow access, if you ask nicely !
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Re: St Beuno's Well (Tremeirchion) by Anonymous on Saturday, 02 April 2011
St Beuno's Well: The interpretation board has been removed and the well fenced into a garden with a 'private, no access' sign on it.
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Re: St Beuno's Well (Tremeirchion) by coldrum on Wednesday, 06 January 2010
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Coflein site details.

http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/32306/details/FFYNNON+BEUNO/
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