St Anne's Well, Trellech, came to be known as the Virtuous Well because of the 'medicinal virtues' of its iron-bearing (chalybeate) mineral springs.

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St Anne's Well, Trellech, came to be known as the Virtuous Well because of the 'medicinal virtues' of its iron-bearing (chalybeate) mineral springs. Fairy folk were said to inhabit the well, drink the water from harebells and occasionally grant wishes. Possibly used in the Bronze Age when the three Harold's Stones were erected, certainly since Saxon times when the church was founded in the C7th/8th. Regularly visited for cures, and by pilgrims, into the C17th, the healing waters are popular again today with pagan and Christian alike.

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Location: Virtuous Well, Trellech, Monmouth, Monmouthshire (Gwent), Wales, UK
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