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St Dwynwen's Well

Llanddwyn Island, Anglesey

The well of the Welsh patron saint of lovers, where a fish told your fortune.

St Dwynwen is the Welsh patron saint of lovers, and her feast day, 25 January, is the Welsh Valentine's Day. She lived on Llanddwyn Island in the 400s.

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When
From the 400s
Where
53.1350, -4.4100
Group
Holy wells & springs

Visiting

Reached by a walk through Newborough Forest and across the beach. The island is cut off at high tide.

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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