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
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Local History around St. Cybi's Well
There are some historic monuments around including:
Ffynnon GybiTyddyn Mawr, standing stone to SSW of Burnt Mound East of Pen-y-Gaer Standing Stone N of Bettws FawrHut Circle Settlement West of Cwm Farm Hut Group and Field System South East of Farm YardHut Circle Settlement South-West of Pen-yr-allt UchafHut Group North of CwmceiliogRound Cairn West of Gyrn Ddu Hut Group N of Gyrn Ddu Hut Group West of Gyrn Ddu Ancient Village N of Llainllan Enclosed Hut Group at Clogwyn BachCross-Incised Stone in Llangybi Churchyard Four Crosses Standing Stone Penarth Fawr Medieval HallTwo Round Cairns E of Gyrn Ddu Part of Inscribed Stone Built into Wall of Churchyard Cromlech Farm Burial Chamber Four Crosses Capel Gallt-CoedPen y Gaer CampLong Hut North of Cwm FarmHut Group & Field System North West of Tyddyn Mawr (previously known as Hut Group NW of Tyddyn Mawr)Early Christian Inscribed Stone in the Churchyard, Llanaelhaearn Tomen FawrEnclosed Hut Group North West of Cwm FarmCarn Pentyrch Camp.
