St Gwenfaen's Well, Rhoscolyn, Anglesey, was said to cure mental disorders in return for offerings of white quartz pebbles: Gwenfaen means White Stone

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St Gwenfaen's Well was said to cure mental disorders in return for offerings of white quartz pebbles. As Gwenfaen means White Stone the Early Christian patron saint of Rhoscolyn (Llanwenfaen) church & parish may be an invention, or the well ritual made to fit her name. Well in 3 parts: sunken square antechamber with 4 corner seats, an enclosed central pool with seating & an exterior pool with 3 steps each side leading down to the outflowing water. Date of stonework unknown, perhaps as late as C18th.

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Location: St Gwenfaen's Well, Rhoscolyn, Isle of Anglesey, Wales, UK
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