Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ffynnon Cybi (St. Cybi's Well)
Llangybi, Monmouthshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Holy Well
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 20 November 2002
- Community
- Llangybi
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.66523, -2.90583
- SAM number
- MM332
- Cadw record number
- 1045
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument consists of a medeival or post-medieval holy well know as Ffynnon Cybi or St. Cybi's Well. The exterior comprises a stone-built, rectangular vault some 1.9m by 1.7m by 1.8m high. There is a stone-lintelled opening through which the stream runs eastwards. The internal structure is a circular, corbelled vault. The well itself is 0.75m deep and 1m square.
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. 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
- Church of St CybiReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- The White Hart P.H.Domesticunder 1 mi
- Walnut Tree CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- GraigwenEducationunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.