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<< Our Photo Pages >> St Mary's Well (West Glamorgan) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Wales in West Glamorgan

Submitted by geoffstickland on Tuesday, 12 January 2010  Page Views: 4608

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Mary's Well (West Glamorgan)
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 3.1 km away from the location you searched for.

County: West Glamorgan Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring

Map Ref: ST00079455
Latitude: 51.640844N  Longitude: 3.445495W
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
1 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.
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
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Sacredspace visited on 16th Jul 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Fynnon Fair, St Mary's Well housed in a little stone building set down in the hillside, a very short walk away from the carpark area by the statue of our Lady of Penrhys. I was very happy to see that the well was filled with water but also very sad to see damage, litter and smashed glass all around the building. The well outlet pool was filled with litter. A far cry from the original pilgrimage days of Penrhys when it was the most important and holy place in the whole of Wales. The views of the surrounding are are absolutely stunning & wellitself felt very sacred even with the damage and litter

Mungolithic visited on 5th May 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3 Great little church shame they put it in a cage

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 3.5

St Mary's Well (West Glamorgan)
St Mary's Well (West Glamorgan) submitted by geoffstickland : This modern (1953) statue of the Virgin Mary reputedly stands on the site of the medieval well that was removed and destroyed on the orders of Henry VIII. Penrhys was one of the most important pilgrimage sites in Britain until its destruction (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well in West Glamorgan. This modern (1953) statue of the Virgin Mary reputedly stands on the site of the medieval well that was removed and destroyed on the orders of Henry VIII. Penrhys was one of the most important pilgrimage sites in Britain until its destruction

From Coflein: "A rectangular, stone-built structure, c.4.5m by 3.0m, having an exagerated E gable, housing the well chamber of a natural spring, associated with the late medieval pilgrimage centre of Penrhys."
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St Mary's Well (West Glamorgan)
St Mary's Well (West Glamorgan) submitted by Mungolithic : Penrhys well or 'Little Church' (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
ST0094 : Ffynnon Fair wellhouse south of Penrhys by Jaggery
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ST0094 : The Little Church below Penrhys by Jaggery
by Jaggery
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ST0094 : Hillside track to the Little Church below Penrhys by Jaggery
by Jaggery
©2015(licence)
ST0094 : Steps up from the Little Church below Penrhys by Jaggery
by Jaggery
©2015(licence)
ST0094 : End of the power lines, Penrhys by Jaggery
by Jaggery
©2015(licence)

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