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Rhiwiau Well
Date Added: 16th Feb 2025
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 16th Feb 2025. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Rhiwiau Well submitted by geoffstickland on 7th Apr 2021. Set in a well manicured lawn, the well is obviously well tended.
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Log Text: This well is on private property. The owners very kindly let me have a look. It’s a nice well with 13 steps going down in to the clear water. The owners very kindly commented that he thought it was Roman and may have been used for baptisms.
Maen-Du Well
Date Added: 31st Oct 2024
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 31st Oct 2024. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Maen-Du Well submitted by jfarrar on 19th May 2018. Inside the well house.
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Log Text: Nice well, well maintained with great access. Pity about the litter floating in the lower pool though.
St Meilig’s Well
Date Added: 30th Oct 2024
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 30th Oct 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
St Meilig’s Well submitted by AJHL on 30th Oct 2024. St Meilig’s Well. Originally thought to be a pagan site, this was later Christianised and the broken capstone bears the inscription “Proverbs XII 1903 JC”
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Log Text: To find this well you take the turning marked “mill cottages” off the A438. Carry on up this road. St Meilig’s church will be on your right over a small bridge over a stream. Carry on up “mill cottages” a bit past a few houses and you will see a gap between the houses to the left (West) going across a large open field. Go through the kissing gate, through the next gate (or over the stile) and through a further gate, then start veering diagonally upwards to the right across the field up the slope to the point of the woodland (this is the lower part of Bryn Yr Hydd Common). Here you will see a metal gate with a footpath sign. Go through this and follow the path for a bit until you see the well on the right (upslope) of the path. The path is uneven and slippery and there are some steep drops off to the left. The well is a bit more in to the wood on the marked path than where the symbol appears on the interactive map.
Jacobs Well
Date Added: 28th Oct 2024
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Surrey)
Visited: Yes on 21st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 3 Access 5
Jacobs Well submitted by amunptah on 5th Oct 2010. The well, with the church and graveyard visible in the background.
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Log Text: Nice well but lacks character due to modern well head
St Mary (Pilleth)
Date Added: 28th Oct 2024
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 28th Oct 2024. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
St Mary (Pilleth) submitted by jfarrar on 11th Jun 2013. The Holy Well at Pilleth
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Log Text: Lovely well and church
The Walk Well
Date Added: 27th Oct 2024
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
The Walk Well submitted by AJHL on 22nd Sep 2023. The sign is a bit misleading as the walk well is actually located down the Bailey path with the river on your right and then down the bottom of the very steep river bank.
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Log Text: Very difficult to access down the steep bank but quite magical if you make it in one piece.
Cleopatra's Needle (London)
Date Added: 8th Sep 2024
Site Type: Marker Stone
Country: England (Greater London)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2000. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Cleopatra's Needle (London) submitted by Thorgrim on 26th Mar 2006. The oldest man-made object in London can be seen on the Embankment. Its height makes our homegrown standing stones look quite stunted. See main site page for more information
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Log Text: A wonderful site. A great place to watch the traffic on the Thames go by. Some very interesting vibes from the needle.
St. Mary's Well (Compton)
Date Added: 1st Sep 2024
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Surrey)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
St. Mary's Well (Compton) submitted by DavidCWoods on 6th Feb 2005. In the 18th Century the cave was turned into a grotto, with seats and drinking vessels provided. The cave is said to be unsafe, hence the gate.
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Log Text: It’s a shame this site has not been better preserved. There is no access inside the cave.
Aberedw Spring
Date Added: 1st Sep 2024
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2024. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Aberedw Spring submitted by geoffstickland on 8th Jan 2020. Beside the lane about 100 metres to the East of the village of Aberedw.
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Log Text: Easy to get to.
St Steffan Church
Date Added: 1st Sep 2024
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 17th Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
St Steffan Church submitted by jfarrar on 21st May 2024. Well at the church of St Steffan
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Log Text: A nice peaceful church in the middle of nowhere. The well is overgrown and care should be taken not to fall in it.
St Piran's Well
Date Added: 1st Sep 2024
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 28th Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
St Piran's Well submitted by MawnanIan on 4th Nov 2004. This well is behind the Norway Inn on the main Truro to Falmouth road. The well and surrounding area are kept in good condition by the nearby church which uses water from the well for christenings.
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Log Text: Walking down the road from church towards cricket ground. Turn left through turnstile. Narrow overgrown path emerges on to small road and well is down steps on left at the back of a private garden. Very atmospheric.
Trevornick Farm
Date Added: 1st Sep 2024
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 28th Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Trevornick Farm submitted by Thorgrim on 11th May 2004. A setting for the tale of King Arthur and the Lady of the Lake is suggested by this beautiful Holy Well.
SW 773 588
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Log Text: Interesting walk round the golf course dodging golf balls to find it. It had been raining for several days so the area of the spring itself through the arch was very water logged. Nice building.
Park Shady Spring
Date Added: 1st Sep 2024
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 27th Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Park Shady Spring submitted by cromagnonman on 6th Nov 2021. Spring by candle light
I didn't really cover this natural spring in candle wax! Composite of 25 images taken with 12 LED candles which I moved around a lot! Getting the full moon into the frame was just luck!
CAMERA INFO
Camera Canon EOS 450D
Lens 10-20mm
Focal Length 10.0 mm
Aperture f/7.1
Exposure Time 103s
ISO 400
Date Taken 2021-02-28 00:26:09
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Log Text: Nice spring, very atmospheric.
Venton Ia
Date Added: 1st Sep 2024
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Venton Ia submitted by KiwiBetsy on 11th Sep 2006. This well is located in St Ives opposite Porthmeor Beach on the corner of Porthmeor Hill and Beach Road.
Venton Ia consists of two recesses each containing a trough of water. A plaque states “Venton Ia,. The holy well of St Ia, until 1843 the main water supply to Downalong”, which was the old name for this area of the town.
St Ives takes it’s name from St Ia, a 5th of 6th century saint who arrived in the area after crossing the Irish Sea on a leaf which she had increased in siz...
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Log Text: Nice site. I wouldn’t drink it though!
St. Clodock's Well
Date Added: 18th Feb 2023
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Herefordshire)
Visited: Yes on 16th Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
St. Clodock's Well submitted by geoffstickland on 6th Jan 2019. well on path beside river. In good condition and full of water which seeps down through the rocks behind
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Log Text: Short walk and easy to find.
Priory Well (Powys)
Date Added: 18th Feb 2023
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 17th Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Priory Well (Powys) submitted by geoffstickland on 28th May 2019. Well easily accessible in Cathedral grounds
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Log Text: You can drive to the Cathedral car park and go through the graveyard throughto the other side where the two wells are.
St. Thomas' Well
Date Added: 18th Feb 2023
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Herefordshire)
Visited: Yes on 16th Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
St. Thomas' Well submitted by geoffstickland on 15th May 2019. A beautiful spot in the Olchon Valley. The well comes complete with a tin cup on a string.
The well delivers copious quantities of water
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Log Text: A beautiful spring with a nice atmosphere. The water was cold and sweet.
St Mathew's Church Well
Date Added: 18th Feb 2023
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 18th Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 4
St Mathew's Church Well submitted by geoffstickland on 3rd Sep 2018. the water source has been adapted for domestic water supply so the picture may not be the actual original well
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Log Text: A rather disappointing site, it’s been capped with concrete and a modern drain cover. The water trickles out in to an overgrown marshy area. The church is worth a visit though. Very interesting leper’s squint.
Holy Well (Blakemere)
Date Added: 1st Jan 2023
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Herefordshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 5
Holy Well (Blakemere) submitted by geoffstickland on 3rd Sep 2018. A lovely spot, the pool well maintained
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Log Text: The site is on private land, essentially in someone’s front garden. You can see it over the fence but cannot get right up to it due to the setting.
Peterchurch St Peter's Well
Date Added: 1st Jan 2023
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Herefordshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Peterchurch St Peter's Well submitted by geoffstickland on 3rd Sep 2018. Well site a little overgrown
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Log Text: It’s still there on the left side of the track (the down side of you are walking towards wellbrook cottage) They have put a pumping house and water treatment shed almost on top of it, but it’s still viewable from the platform next to the shed.