Niche in the rear wall of St Issui's holy well (Ffynnon Ishow), Partrishow, Powys, with a lit taper, votive offerings & liverwort.

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Niche in the rear wall of St Issui's Well (Ffynnon Ishow), Partrishow, Powys, with a lit taper and offerings. St Issui was a C6th Celtic Christian missionary who established his hermitage close to the sacred spring above the Nant Mair stream and was murdered by a man he had healed. Around 1060 a wealthy leper cured at the holy well donated a hatful of gold for the building of the present church on the hill above the well.

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Location: St Issui's Well, Partrishow, Forest Coal Pit, nr Abergavenny, Powys, Wales, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
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