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Ffynnon Fair, Penycae

Holy Well

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The National Monuments Record of Wales records Ffynnon Fair, Penycae as Holy Well from the Medieval period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Ffynnon Fair, Penycae is a holy well associated with Saint Fair, a 6th-century Cornish saint also venerated in Wales. Traditionally linked to healing and fertility, the well was a site of pilgrimage and may have been visited for its supposed curative properties, particularly for eye ailments and childbirth.

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