Gwynedd Ffynnon Helen, Caernarfon 11 Jul 202512 Jul 2025 Dwyt ti'm yn cofio MacsenDoes neb yn ei nabod oMae mil a chwe chant o flynyddoeddYn amser rhy hir i'r cof Pan aeth Magnus Maximus o GymruYn y flwyddyn 383A'n…
Ynys Mon Crochan Caffo, Llangaffo 2 Jul 2025 St Caffo was believed to be one of St Cybi’s disciples who accompanied him when he arrived on Holy Island to set up his community there, it seems as though…
Conwy Ffynnon Ddoged, Llanddoged 2 May 2025 Doged is a curious mixture of king and saint. The main reference, a late fifteenth century poem by Ieuan Llwyd Brydydd, names him as Doged Frenin, King Doged. This refers…
Ynys Mon Ffynnon Fair, Llanfair yn y Cwmwd 19 Jul 2024 Llanfair yn y Cwmwd is now one of the two former parishes that now form Dwyran, east of Newborough in the South Western corner of Anglesey, (the other being Llangeinwen).…
Ynys Mon Pabo’s Well, Llanbabo 12 Apr 202413 Apr 2024 Following on from St David’s Well, a nineteenth century creation, we turn to considering an Ynys Môn well, Pabo’s Well at Llanbabo. While St David’s Well provides us with a…
Flintshire St David’s Well, Pantasaph 15 Sep 2023 St David, St Asaph and St Kentigern were wandering through Flintshire one evening, and as they walked, they were overcome by thirst with not a drink in sight. They had…
Gwynedd Ffynnon Fair, Llanaber 1 Jul 20232 Jul 2023 The Merionethshire coast from Barmouth up towards Porthmadog is home to a small cluster of Ffynhonnau Mair - wells dedicated to St Mary, the majority of which are little known…
Gwynedd Ffynnon Ffidlar, Bethesda 27 May 202327 May 2023 Ffynnon Ffidlar – the Fiddler’s Well, lies around a mile and a half to the east of Bethesda in the Caseg Valley. Still well known locally and visited by passers-by…
Gwynedd Ffynnon Fair, Llanfair 28 Apr 2023 Tradition says that after landing on the coast at Llanfair, south of Harlech, St Mary walked across the hills towards Hafod-y-Llyn. On her journey she became thirsty and stopped to…
Gwynedd Ffynnon Llawr Dolserau, Llanfacreth 23 Apr 202323 Apr 2023 Ffynnon Llawr Dolserau lies in moss covered woodland to the north of the A494 as it approaches Dolgellau. It is a drystone walled reservoir set into the forest floor, some…
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