<< Our Photo Pages >> The Monk's Well - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Wales in Powys
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: The Monk's WellCountry: Wales County: Powys Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Hay-on-Wye Nearest Village: Clyro
Map Ref: SO225432
Latitude: 52.081709N Longitude: 3.132364W
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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AJHL visited on 31st Dec 2022 - their rating: Cond: 1 Amb: 2 Access: 5 The well is not where the symbol appears on the interactive map. See comment at bottom of listing for further info.
Anne T couldn't find on 12th Jul 2021 Monk's Well, Clyro: Despite having the grid reference and the Coflein information, we were unable to find this well, which appears to be on private land.
geoffstickland have visited here
Site of a spring in Powys
It has been turned into a water supply and capped with concrete.
Not worth visiting.
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