Avis no à la piscine d'immersion de Ffynnon Sara (Sarah) et de guérison Ffynnon près de Coed, Denbighshire, Wales, UK, censées guérir les rhumatismes et les cancers
4938 x 3776 px | 41,8 x 32 cm | 16,5 x 12,6 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
17 juin 1994
Lieu:
Ffynnon Sara, Derwen, Ruhtin, Denbighshire, Wales, UK
Informations supplémentaires:
View NW at the immersion pool of Ffynnon Sara (Ffynnon Sarah) healing well near Derwen, Denbighshire, Wales, UK, believed to ease or cure cancers & rheumatism. Pins were offered here, crutches often left & money given at the custodian's cottage nearby which was burned down around 1860. The well stands beside the Mynian stream on an ancient NE-SW route used by Medieval pilgrims travelling between Holywell & Bardsey Island &/or St David's in Pembrokeshire. A stopping place for pigrims & a cure for sore feet. Llanynys church beyond Ruthin to the N is dedicated to the Irish missionary bishop St Saeran (St Saran) who founded a monastery there in the C6th. It is possible that his name gradually mutated to Sara or Sarah at this site. It was an old Welsh custom lasting into Victorian times to visit wells on Trinity Sunday to drink the waters mixed with sugar. Water rises in bubbles from the centre of the pool & trickles to the stream via a channel at the opposite end to the steps. The well was vandalised in 1967 & holds less water than previously. The Rector of Derwen restored the well in 1972-3, built a wall around the enclosure & planted hollies & cypress trees. There is a notice saying: "This water is not suitable for drinking, Chief Environmental Health Officer".
