Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ffynnon Felin Bach
Pwllheli, Gwynedd, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Pwllheli, Gwynedd, designated on 28 July 1989.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commemorative
- Date of designation
- 28 July 1989
- Community
- Pwllheli
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.89043, -4.43285
- Cadw reference
- 4597
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1830 map "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 134 Pwllheli (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
At the roadside near the Western boundary of the Community Council approximately 1/3 km E of the Pont Pensarn. Opposite the drive entry to Felin Fach.
Exterior
Rubble rounded recess behind spring; repaired in 1967 contemporary with the slate tablet. This has an inscription by Cynan (Albert Evans-Jones 1895-1970) the poet and playwright from Pwllheli who was a leading member of the Gorsedd and wrote some of the best known modern Welsh Verse. It reads:- ‘Does dim wna f’enaid blin yn iach ond dwr o Ffynnon Felin Bach. O Gerdd gan un o hogiau’r dre’.
Nearby in the register
- Pont PensarnTransportunder 1 mi
- Pont Pensarn (partly in Pwllheli Community)Transportunder 1 mi
- Penpenmaen CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pont PenmaenTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.