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Multi-periodSite Name: Dolwyddelan Ancient Trackway Alternative Name: Ffynnon Elen ancient trackwayCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 1.973 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Conwy Type: Ancient Trackway
Nearest Town: Blaenau Ffestiniog Nearest Village: Dolwyddelan
Map Ref: SH7366652467
Latitude: 53.054482N Longitude: 3.886344W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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This narrow 50m long trackway that leads from the A470 at Dolwyddelan to the Ffynnon Elen sacred well is thought to be a remnant of a more ancient trackway that linked settlements in Capel Currig with Dolwyddelan. The well of Ffynnon Elen is thought to have attracted the attention of the Roman military during their occupation in the 1st/2nd Cent AD (there were Auxiliary forts at Capel Curig and Trawsfynydd) However, the advent of Christianity in the 5th/6th Cent appears to have been the onset of the Well's appeal as a spiritual place of healing.
Today the trackway allows visitors access to the well site, which was restored in 2015.
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