St. Cybi's Well by JRL
St. Cybi's Well
The ruins at St. Cybi’s Well include a pair of well chambers and a later addition of an adjoining caretaker’s cottage.
The well is dedicated to St Cybi, who reputedly lived in this area during the 6th century, and its waters were believed to cure disease. The well chamber itself is of uncertain date, but the cottage belongs to the 18t and 19 centuries.
There are many such Holy Wells throughout Wales, most of them now dedicated to Celtic and later saints and credited with healing properties of all kinds. The well of St Cybi has long been a place of pilgrimage, 18-century accounts speak of its waters curing warts, lameness, blindness, rheumatism and much else. Treatment consisted of drinking equal quantities of well-water and sea-water for a prescribed period, then bathing in the well and retiring to bed in the adjacent cottage to await the results.
Created: 1 December 2018 Edited: 29 November 2023
St. Cybi's Well
St. Cybi's Well LiDAR Map
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Local History around St. Cybi's Well
There are some historic monuments around including:
Four Crosses Standing Stone Round Cairn West of Gyrn Ddu Burnt Mound East of Pen-y-Gaer Cross-Incised Stone in Llangybi Churchyard Ancient Village N of Llainllan Cromlech Farm Burial Chamber Four Crosses Hut Circle Settlement South-West of Pen-yr-allt UchafEarly Christian Inscribed Stone in the Churchyard, Llanaelhaearn Hut Group West of Gyrn Ddu Hut Group North of CwmceiliogCapel Gallt-CoedStanding Stone N of Bettws FawrEnclosed Hut Group at Clogwyn BachHut Circle Settlement West of Cwm Farm Long Hut North of Cwm FarmHut Group N of Gyrn Ddu Ffynnon GybiTyddyn Mawr, standing stone to SSW of Carn Pentyrch CampEnclosed Hut Group North West of Cwm FarmHut Group & Field System North West of Tyddyn Mawr (previously known as Hut Group NW of Tyddyn Mawr)Part of Inscribed Stone Built into Wall of Churchyard Hut Group and Field System South East of Farm YardPen y Gaer CampTomen FawrPenarth Fawr Medieval HallTwo Round Cairns E of Gyrn Ddu .
