Hidden Britain AtlasOpen the map
All places › Holy wells & springs
Holy well

Ffynnon Gwenfaen

Rhoscolyn, Anglesey

A clifftop well where visitors left two white pebbles to cure madness.

Ffynnon Gwenfaen sits on the cliffs near Rhoscolyn. St Gwenfaen is said to have escaped pursuers here by climbing onto a sea stack, which rose up to save her.

Read the full story, see it on the map, get directions and find what else is nearby in the free Hidden Britain Atlas map.

Open Ffynnon Gwenfaen on the mapReport a sighting here
When
600s
Where
53.2500, -4.6000
Group
Holy wells & springs

Visiting

Reached by the Anglesey Coastal Path from Rhoscolyn.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
Read the full story in the book

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.

Buy on AmazonAll books by Cale Mills

Nearby mysteries