<< Our Photo Pages >> St Celynin's Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Wales in Conwy
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Celynin's Well Alternative Name: Ffynnon GelyninCountry: Wales County: Conwy Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Village: Llangelynin
Map Ref: SH75127369 Landranger Map Number: 115
Latitude: 53.245494N Longitude: 3.872945W
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 holy well is recorded as Coflein NPRN 32211, which describes this site as: "A rectangular basin, c.1.5m by 0.6m & 0.6m deep, set within a ruinous rectangular structure, 5.0m NE-SW by 3.8m, said to have born a datestone of 1622 & to have been roofed in 1742."
The Journal of Antiquities also includes a page for this site - see their entry for St Celynnin’s Well, Llangelynnin, Gwynedd. The Journal adds: "The place is very peaceful. A solitary place indeed for a hermit saint to come to live back in the 6th century AD … The little church here at Llangelynnin dates from 1350 but an earlier building stood on the site – perhaps the one founded by St.Celynnin himself. The remains of an ancient hut circle can be seen in the churchyard." Their grid reference varies slightly from Coflein's, with the well sited at SH 75145 73714. The hut circle is recorded as Coflein 303110.
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32m SSW 197° Ffynnon Gelynin Hut Circle Ancient Village or Settlement (SH75117366)
396m NE 48° Cerrig-Y-Ddinas* Hillfort (SH75427395)
491m NNE 25° Southern Hut Group Ancient Village or Settlement (SH75347413)
533m NNE 22° Northern Hut Group* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH75337418)
936m SW 233° Caer Bach Cairn* Cairn (SH74367314)
995m SW 225° Caer Bach* Hillfort (SH744730)
1.1km SW 223° Caer Bach Hut Circle* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH74367293)
1.1km SW 220° Siambr Gladdu Caer Bach* Chambered Tomb (SH7436572834)
1.2km W 263° Maen Penddu* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SH73907357)
1.3km W 264° Cefn Maen Amor* Stone Circle (SH73847359)
1.3km NNW 344° Maen Hir (Conwy)* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SH74787496)
1.4km SW 215° Ddwyffrwd Cairns* Barrow Cemetery (SH743726)
1.5km NW 324° Waen Gyrach* Ring Cairn (SH74277493)
1.5km NNW 334° Tydden-Grasod* Cist (SH74487508)
1.5km SSW 212° Rhiw Hut Circle Ancient Village or Settlement (SH74287241)
1.6km SSW 208° Ffrith y Ddwyffrwd* Cairn (SH74337230)
1.6km NNW 331° Fairy Glen Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH74387513)
1.7km NNW 345° Hafodty* Stone Circle (SH74747532)
1.8km SSW 207° Pen y ffridd Farm Hut Circles* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH74297214)
2.0km SSW 198° Caerhun Stone E Standing Stone (Menhir) (SH7444571763)
2.1km SSW 207° Caerhun Chambered Tomb* Chambered Tomb (SH74127189)
2.1km SSW 205° Caerhun Stones* Standing Stones (SH74177182)
2.1km NNW 346° Llyn-y-Wrach* Ring Cairn (SH74657578)
2.2km SSW 207° Maen y bardd* Burial Chamber or Dolmen (SH74067178)
2.3km NW 304° Red Farm* Stone Circle (SH73227505)
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