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<< Text Pages >> St Gredifael's Holy Well (Penmynydd) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Wales in Anglesey

Submitted by Sunny100 on Wednesday, 29 December 2010  Page Views: 6566

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Gredifael's Holy Well (Penmynydd) Alternative Name: Ffynnon Gredifael
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.86 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Anglesey Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Beaumaris  Nearest Village: Penmynydd
Map Ref: SH51677465
Latitude: 53.248079N  Longitude: 4.224554W
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
 Destroyed Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 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
 4

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Holy Well in Anglesey

St Gredifael's Holy Well's waters were regarded as curative and, according to Francis Jones in 'The Holy Wells of Wales' 1992 "its waters were used in order to cure warts, which were first pricked with a pin, until they bled, then washed in the well".

St Gredifael, son of king Ithael Hoel, founded Penmynydd (Llanredifael) church in the 6th century CE. He was a disciple of St Padarn. In later life he became abbot of a Celtic monastery at Whitland (Hendygwyn-ar-Daf), Pembrokeshire.
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SH5174 : The Penmynydd high-speed broadband transmission mast viewed from the churchyard by Eric Jones
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SH5174 : The Penmynydd telecommunications mast by Eric Jones
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SH5174 : Triangulation pillar and telecommunications mast at Penmynydd by Eric Jones
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SH5174 : Sheep on hill slope above St Gredifael's Church, Penmyndd by Eric Jones
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SH5174 : St. Credifael's Church, Penmynydd, Anglesey. by Stephen Elwyn RODDICK
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Re: St Gredifael's Holy Well (Penmynydd) by WellHopper on Monday, 03 October 2016
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The well was in the field to the south of the church ast SH 5167 7465. (not at the reference quoted above.) It was marked clearly on the OS maps in the early 20th century.

It was filled in in 1986 and there is absolutely nothing to be seen of it now
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Re: St Gredifael's Holy Well (Penmynydd) by Sunny100 on Thursday, 30 December 2010
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Oh "Well" done everyone. I think that is our holy well. I will post a new grid reference. Thanks to all.
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Re: St Gredifael's Holy Well (Penmynydd) by Andy B on Wednesday, 29 December 2010
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Thanks, good finds. If you zoom in the OS map on the Portal page the OS show a blue W just to the east of the church on their map too
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Re: St Gredifael's Holy Well (Penmynydd) by Sunny100 on Wednesday, 29 December 2010
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The remains of the holy well lie in a field a few hundred yards along a narrow footpath to the north east of the church. Unfortunately, the well structure was damaged by a farmer ploughing his field. The spring is said to be still there today. Local people are still hopeful that eventually the well will be restored.
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Re: St Gredifael's Holy Well (Penmynydd) Street View by PAB on Wednesday, 29 December 2010
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Looking at the COFLEIN entries for the Church and the Vicarage, I see that they don't actually mention any reported sacred well linked to the church, but there is definitely a well marked on COFLEIN's map - immediately east of the church itself. I will upload a screenshot of the zoomed-in COFLEIN item.

Armed with this information, I am sure that the circular feature visible in that position zoomed in via street view must be the well shown on maps - whether it is the sacred well of Sunny100's entry I couldn't say. As I haven't worked out how to put an image into a posting like this, I will submit it separately.

I did notice that there is someone in the StreetView images tending the front verge of the vicarage though, they would probably be able to help!

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