Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Holy Well
Cwm Gwaun, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Holy Well
- Period
- Early Medieval
- Date of designation
- 7 February 1951
- Community
- Cwm Gwaun
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.98595, -4.93262
- SAM number
- PE229
- Cadw record number
- 2686
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 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (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 the remains of a holy well, probably dating to the medieval or post-medieval period. The monument is a well or spring, possessing religious or otherwise ritualistic significance, around which a structure, such as a niche, wall or shelter, has been constructed. A vaulted well chamber about 6ft high and 9ft x 6ft covers a spring. The chamber is constructed of rubble, and the top earth covered.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of the organisation and practice of Christianity. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. A holy well may be part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can further enhanced by their group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.