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Ffynnon Beuno

Clynnog Fawr, Gwynedd

Sick children were bathed here, then laid overnight on the saint's tomb.

St Beuno founded a church at Clynnog Fawr in the 600s, and it became a great pilgrim church on the way to Bardsey. Sick children were bathed in his well, then laid overnight on his tomb in the church.

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When
600s
Where
53.0200, -4.3700
Group
Holy wells & springs

Visiting

The well is by the A499. The large church is usually open.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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