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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Ffynnon Fair (Gwynedd) Alternative Name: St Mary's WellCountry: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Botwnnog Nearest Village: Bryncroes
Map Ref: SH22663139
Latitude: 52.850725N Longitude: 4.635055W
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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cactus_chris visited on 19th Mar 2024 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5
PAB have visited here
This well is literally on the roadside in the village of Bryncroes, so obvious that I walked right past it and only saw it on my way back to the car! In most cases, these ancient holy wells had been hard to locate, so I have got used to looking for the give-away signs, not clear signposts....
It is on the main pilgrim route to Bardsey through the Lleyn Peninsula - Bryncroes was the last stop for pilgrims heading to embark via Aberdaron, and the church of St Mary and the Well are recorded as having been a very special 'station' on their route.
I do not think it was just the lack of effort which meant there was no sense of achievement on seeing the well - it is so well rebuilt that it has no sense of place left. Sorry to those who have kept it 'intact', but it left us underwhelmed. COFLEIN suggests that the steps on 3 sides are possibly 17th century, but the low surrounding wall is clearly fairly modern.
Unfortunately, we did not manage to visit the church itself, so I would love to hear from anyone else to see if that has retained some of its ancient spirituality and peace?
(For those unused to Welsh mutations etc, Ffynnon=well, and Fair comes from Mair, the Welsh for Mary - the initial m changing to f).
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