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

Submitted by coldrum on Tuesday, 12 January 2010  Page Views: 12483

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Mary's Well (Gwynedd)
Country: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring

Map Ref: SH13922518
Latitude: 52.792015N  Longitude: 4.761149W
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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St Mary's Well (Gwynedd)
St Mary's Well (Gwynedd) submitted by wellhopper : St Mary's Well, by Aberdaron (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Gwynedd

From Coflein: "A natural spring at the foot of the cliffs; not an antiquity. Associated with, 'a beautiful, or strange lady'. Associated with St Mary's Church (Nprn 43761)."
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St Mary's Well (Gwynedd)
St Mary's Well (Gwynedd) submitted by Antonine : Remains of Capel Fair, March 2024 (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Mary's Well (Gwynedd)
St Mary's Well (Gwynedd) submitted by Antonine (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Mary's Well (Gwynedd)
St Mary's Well (Gwynedd) submitted by Antonine : The remains of the Medieval Capel Fair/St Mary’s Chapel, March 2024 (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Mary's Well (Gwynedd)
St Mary's Well (Gwynedd) submitted by Antonine : Looking back along the ledge, March 2024 (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Mary's Well (Gwynedd)
St Mary's Well (Gwynedd) submitted by Antonine : St Mary’s Well, March 2024 (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Mary's Well (Gwynedd)
St Mary's Well (Gwynedd) submitted by Antonine : The ledge to the well, March 2024

St Mary's Well (Gwynedd)
St Mary's Well (Gwynedd) submitted by Antonine : View of Maen Melyn from cliffside, March 2024

St Mary's Well (Gwynedd)
St Mary's Well (Gwynedd) submitted by Antonine : Colin descending to the well, with Bardsey Island, March 2024

St Mary's Well (Gwynedd)
St Mary's Well (Gwynedd) submitted by Antonine : The steps to the well, with Bardsey Island, March 2024

St Mary's Well (Gwynedd)
St Mary's Well (Gwynedd) submitted by Antonine : St Mary’s Well, March 2024

St Mary's Well (Gwynedd)
St Mary's Well (Gwynedd) submitted by Antonine

St Mary's Well (Gwynedd)
St Mary's Well (Gwynedd) submitted by Antonine : St Mary’s Well with Maen Melyn above, from Mynydd Gwydell, March 2024

St Mary's Well (Gwynedd)
St Mary's Well (Gwynedd) submitted by Antonine : Waves splashing into the well, March 2024

St Mary's Well (Gwynedd)
St Mary's Well (Gwynedd) submitted by Antonine : St Mary’s Well sits just above the high tide mark at the end of an eroded stairway that was cut into the cliffside. Pilgrim’s would have visited here on their way to Bardsey Island. It was said that the Virgin Mary herself rode down to it on her pony. It was also believed that whomever could carry a draught of water from the well to the top of the headland above would have their wish fulfil...

St Mary's Well (Gwynedd)
St Mary's Well (Gwynedd) submitted by PhilipBurton : St Mary's Well in 1993.

St Mary's Well (Gwynedd)
St Mary's Well (Gwynedd) submitted by wellhopper : St Mary's Well is reached by steps cut into the cliff and then a scramble over the base of the cliff seen here rimmed with green weed, this is definitely a fresh water spring as opposed to the salt water rock pools that surrounded it

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"St Mary's Well (Gwynedd)" | Login/Create an Account | 5 News and Comments
  
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Re: St Mary's Well (Gwynedd) by Antonine on Tuesday, 30 April 2024
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video footage March 2024
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Re: St Mary's Well (Gwynedd) by PhilipBurton on Monday, 19 November 2018
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St Mary’s Well, or Ffynnon Fair, is hidden away below Maen Melyn. Elfed Gruffydd wrote in his book “Llŷn” – “The fresh water retains its purity at low tide, even though the sea washes over the well at high tide.”
It was here, not very many years ago, so the late Dr Wil Owen told me, that the local Doctors sometimes embarked when they had emergency cases to attend in Bardsey – and if they needed an ambulance they called the Pwllheli Lifeboat!.
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Re: St Mary's Well (Gwynedd) by Sunny100 on Monday, 09 August 2010
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In the book The Spirit Paths of Wales by Laurence Main - Cicerone Press 2000 the os grid reference for St Mary's Well is given as SH.139253. Main goes on to say "There is still a path to a curious holy well in a gulley below the church". "This is covered by the sea at high tide, yet contains fresh water from a spring at low tide". The well also called Ffynnon Mair was the last port of call for pilgrims before their journey across Bardsey Sound to the holy island itself. The author says that just above the well and ruined chapel is an ancient stone called Maen Melyn (Yellow Stone). The stone is covered with yellow moss, if that's where the name comes from.
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    Re: St Mary's Well (Gwynedd) by TimPrevett on Monday, 09 August 2010
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    Thanks Sunny! Yup I know Lawrence - spent an evening and a day with him around Dinas Mawddy and Barmouth area, and also at Ley Hunter events; you can hear / see him on this clip with me dowsing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a_FZlrTv1Q; the standing stone is on the Portal's database - as for the well - it is not obvious, unless you know! Will follow up when I can. Cheers.
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Re: St Mary's Well (Gwynedd) by TimPrevett on Sunday, 08 August 2010
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Went looking for this: think I nailed it - will post picture when I can. Incredibly difficult to work out, and in view that it is signposted from Aberdaron, some closer sign saying "It is HERE" would be helpful! Very treacherous location
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