Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
14543
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
18/05/1994
Date of Amendment
24/02/1997
Name of Property
Ffynnon Gybi
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Community
Llangybi
Town
Lampeter
Locality
Llangybi
Easting
260539
Northing
252829
Street Side
Location
Situated to SW of village, on N side of A485, reached by steps down opposite Maesyffynnon Chapel.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Curative well also known as Ffynnon Wen, associated with the C6 Saint Cybi, from which a legend and cult developed around the site. The supposed curative powers of Ffynnon Gybi drew pilgrims with scrofula, scurvy and rheumatism. Traditionally St Cybi is said to have lived at Llety Cybi, 600m to NE. Edward Lhuyd in the C17 wrote of Ffynnon Wen that the test for whether or not someone had been cured by the water was if they could sleep while lying under Llech Gybi, `an arrows flight from ye well', a reference presumably to a lost nearby cromlech. The well structure must be altered as it is said to have had seats around to accommodate bathers.
Exterior
Shallow pool in side of bank with rough stone walling and large flat slate stone slab over. Another smaller similar slab bridges the outflow and a third flanks the outflow.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed primarily for its special historic interest.
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