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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Helen's Well (Coed Helen) Alternative Name: Ffynnon St Helen (Caernarfon)Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.285 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Gwynedd Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Caernarfon Nearest Village: Coed Helen / Hen Waliau
Map Ref: SH4823862224
Latitude: 53.135501N Longitude: 4.270041W
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 |
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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 |
| 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 |
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Gwynedd
The Journal of Antiquities tells us about this overlooked and forgotten well, hidden beneath a canopy of trees almost next to the main railway line, in a secluded cutting - see their entry for St Helen’s Holy Well, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales. The well originally stood next to the small medieval chapel of Capel Helen, but all signs of the chapel are virtually gone.
The Journal gives us background information on the well, the chapel and St Elen of Caernarfon, local legends and tradition, and a list of reference sources for more information. The JoA adds "Ffynnon St Helen was still in use up until the 1920s when local people visited it in order to be healed and they would take away bottles of its curative water, which was described as being plentiful ... The well stood on a raised area of land and its water was contained in a slate cistern with a flight of modern steps leading to it". Today water can still be heard alongside the well.
This well is located on private land, accessed through an iron gate which leads to the railway line and the well, so please ask for permission before visiting (and beware the trains; please stay safe!).
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