Taff’s Well

Also known as:
Fynnon Daf, Fynnon Dwym and Fynnon Taf
Nearest town:
Caerphilly (5km NE)
OS reference:
ST11928364
OS sheet:
171
Latitude:
51° 32' 39.37 N
Longitude:
3° 16' 13.11 W
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Images

Image of Taff’s Well (Sacred Well) by thesweetcheat

The brown stuff is mineral deposits (predominantly iron) bubbling up through the heated water.

Image credit: A. Brookes (2.8.2015)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Aug 19, 2015

Articles

Folklore

Taff’s Well
Sacred Well
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Aug 17, 2015

According to local legend, the ghost of a ‘Grey Lady’ once haunted the well. The lady, dressed in grey, is said to have beckoned a man collecting water from the well. As he approached she asked the man to ‘hold me tight by both hands’. The man obliged but his grip loosened. As he let go a stabbing pain caught him in the side, the Grey Lady complained his grip wasn’t tight enough and now she would remain a ghost for another hundred years. She vanished and has never been seen again ... or has she?

From the info board on site.

In Chris Barber’s “Mysterious Wales” (1982 David & Charles) he says that the well was famous for healing rheumatism and similar ailments.

It was reported that one child, who went there as a cripple, was able to throw away his crutches after a fortnight’s bathing and run about the green meadow on the riverside.

Miscellaneous

Taff’s Well
Sacred Well
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Aug 17, 2015

There is a possibility referred to in the GGAT SMR that Roman masonry was exposed around the well during a flood in 1799.

This suggests that the well may have been in use during prehistoric times and reused by the Romans.

It is the only known thermal spring in Wales.

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