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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Ffynnon Cwm EwynCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 3.743 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Powys Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Llangynog Nearest Village: Pennant Melangell
Map Ref: SJ025273
Latitude: 52.834365N Longitude: 3.448739W
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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 |
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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 |
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Powys
Ffynnon Cwm Ewyn lies on isolated Welsh moorland high above St Melangell’s Church at Pennant Melangell.
We spotted this well on a map in the excellent museum set up in the tower of this most delightful church and with directions from a local, crossed the stream and followed it down to a farmhouse to cut through their yard to gain access to a forestry track. A long, hard climb saw us first loose the trees on our right and, as promised, just before they also vanished on our left, there was the well, over a fence and almost obscured by a half fallen conifer.
The well, a rectangular, stone lined basin clad in moss and ferns still waited with crystal clear water for passers by just as it had since monks, pilgrims and farmers passed that way, maybe enroute to St Melangell’s below, further on to St Winifrede's at Holywell or simply to market.
In May 2003 we did our best to remove the conifer and let the sun reach in. We stood and thought of those visitors of long ago and hoped that the farmer wouldn’t object to present day ones.
The Clwyd-Powis Archaeologiocal Trust say that very little is known of the well but that it is “reputed to be a holy or medicinal well”.
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