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<< Our Photo Pages >> Bryntirion Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Wales in Ceredigion

Submitted by coldrum on Monday, 01 February 2010  Page Views: 4380

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Bryntirion Well
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.7 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Ceredigion Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring

Map Ref: SN65158407
Latitude: 52.437916N  Longitude: 3.985181W
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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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Bryntirion Well
Bryntirion Well submitted by geoffstickland : the steps down to the underground well (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well in Ceredigion

"Well in underground chamber."

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Bryntirion Well
Bryntirion Well submitted by Danben : Another photo of mum excavating the well. I have lots more photos of the excavation and more information about mums rediscovery of it in 1988 when we lived in Bryntirion. My e mail is djbennington522@gmail.com or I can be contacted via Facebook (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bryntirion Well
Bryntirion Well submitted by Danben : This is my mum Doe Bennington excavating the Bryntirion Megalithic well in 1988 herself. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bryntirion Well
Bryntirion Well submitted by geoffstickland : The underground well, in good condition with a good supply of water (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SN6584 : Eastern approach to Penrhyncoch by Nigel Brown
by Nigel Brown
©2009(licence)
SN6584 : Signpost to Salem by Phil Champion
by Phil Champion
©2011(licence)
SN6584 : Mountain road to Pendam and Ponterwyd by Nigel Brown
by Nigel Brown
©2009(licence)
SN6484 : Dol Helyg by idris
by idris
©2007(licence)
SN6584 : Lane with view towards Garth and Penrhyn-coch by Andrew Hill
by Andrew Hill
©2008(licence)

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Re: Bryntirion Well by Anonymous on Friday, 07 July 2023
My mum lived in Bryntirion in 1989 and was the person who actually rediscovered and dug out the well by hand. We knew the well existed and sort to find it....we found it and mum Doreen Bennington dug it out...
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