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St Winefride's Chapel and Well is a medieval sacred site in Flintshire, Wales, traditionally associated with the seventh-century saint Winefride, whose cult was well established by the medieval period. The chapel, which dates substantially from the fifteenth century, stands adjacent to the celebrated holy well, one of the most important pilgrimage destinations in medieval Wales and beyond. The site comprises a stone chapel structure typical of late medieval religious architecture, built to serve the considerable numbers of pilgrims who visited to seek healing and spiritual benefit from the well waters. The chapel and well complex remains a significant monument to medieval devotional practice and the veneration of local saints within the Welsh religious landscape.
St Winefride's Chapel and Well is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference FL101. View the official record →
St Winefride's Chapel and Well is a medieval sacred site in Flintshire, Wales, traditionally associated with the seventh-century saint Winefride, whose cult was well established by the medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference FL101.
St Winefride's Chapel and Well dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a chapel. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
St Winefride's Chapel and Well is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is FL101.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round Barrow 180m E of Mwccwd (5.9 km), Bron Fadog Enclosure (6.1 km), Hen-y-Fail Round Barrow (6.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of St Winefride's Chapel and Well's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
St Winefride's Chapel and Well stands on Bowland High Group And Craven Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.