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St Non's Well

St Davids, Pembrokeshire

A clifftop spring said to have appeared when Wales's patron saint was born.

According to tradition, St David, the patron saint of Wales, was born on this clifftop during a fierce storm around 500 AD. His mother was St Non, and a spring is said to have burst out of the ground at the moment of his birth.

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When
About 500
Where
51.8730, -5.2710
Group
Holy wells & springs

Visiting

A short walk from St Davids, the smallest city in Britain, on the Pembrokeshire coast path.

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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