Ffynnon Issui, Partrishow
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Ffynnon Issui, Partrishow
Image: © Chris Gunns Taken: 19 Nov 2010
This is the holy well of St Issui. 1500years ago a holy man named Issui had a cell near by. Issui baptised people in the stream. The stream is called Nant Mair, which means Mary's stream. There is very little known about St. Issui, he is a local Welsh saint. I would not be surprised to learn he was a local pagan deity who was Christianized and became a saint for convenience sake after the conversion of Wales to Christianity.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.895091
Longitude
-3.050787