Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Glasffrwd Holy Well
Ystrad Fflur, Ceredigion, Wales
A scheduled monument in Ystrad Fflur, Ceredigion, recorded as Holy Well (Post Medieval/Modern).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Holy Well
- Period
- Post Medieval/Modern
- Date of designation
- 22 November 1999
- Community
- Ystrad Fflur
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.26007, -3.81837
- SAM number
- CD183
- Cadw record number
- 1618
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1588 map "Ortelius, Abraham: Theatro De La Tierra Universal. 0" (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1588 · Ortelius, Abraham: Theatro De La Tierra Universal. 0 (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich)
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 178 Llanilar (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument.
Glasffrwd well comprises an irregularly shaped slate lined trench c. 4m x 1.5m and 1m deep which is approached down three simple steps. The base of the trench is paved with slates and contains a rectangular cistern supplied with water from a wooden pipe which runs through an underground channel. Water is then returned to the Afon Glasffrwd via a narrow channel. Structurally intact and with a surviving wooden supply pipe it appears to have changed little in recent times.
The well has importance because of its good state of preservation. The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of water management systems. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits, including preserved waterlogged organic deposits. The structure itself may be expected to contain archaeological information concerning chronology and building techniques.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Tir Hir Medieval PlatformHouse Platformunder 1 mi
- Coach-house at PantyfedwenAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Barn at PantyfedwenAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- PantyfedwenDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.