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St Seiriol's Well

Penmon, Anglesey

A saint's well beside a ruined priory and a huge dovecote.

St Seiriol founded a religious community at Penmon in the 500s. His holy well lies in a small stone building beside the ruins of the later priory, and the foundations of what may be his cell sit next to it.

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When
500s
Where
53.3050, -4.0600
Group
Holy wells & springs

Visiting

Cadw, free. A small toll road leads to Penmon Point.

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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