<< Our Photo Pages >> St Anthony's Well (Llansteffan) - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Wales in Carmarthenshire
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: St Anthony's Well (Llansteffan) Alternative Name: Ffynnon Antwn SantCountry: Wales County: Carmarthenshire Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Llansteffan
Map Ref: SN34600993
Latitude: 51.763555N Longitude: 4.398192W
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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Cat7 visited on 1st Jan 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3
PAB have visited here
RCAHMW site is fairly cool and non-committal about its age ("Uncertain date, well-head has simple stone arch with empty niche above which once contained the image of a saint.").
From sources writing in the mid 1800s, it seems to have been already thought ancient - Mary Curtis (1815-1895) wrote '..pretty walk leading to St Anthony's Well, to the waters of which miraculous properties were anciently said to belong; the niche remains where the image of the saint stood.'
Janet & Colin Bord, in their 'Sacred Waters', report that 'this once popular well was famed for its healing qualities, but later degenerated into a wishing well'.
On a beautiful sunny October afternoon in 2008, we decided to look for ourselves, and we thought it had a feeling of calm which only comes from very few places.....and we think we will be stopping by fairly often from now on if batteries need recharging!
As to the water, there is a trickle audible, but don't expect to do any bathing!
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