Audio: St Nons

The site is both Catholic and Pagan/Prehistoric, with a stone circle surrounding the ruined chapel in the field.

St Non’s Well is probably one of the most important healing wells in the country and is said to have a particular healing affinity with eyes. This special spiritual site with the ruined chapel and the well has been a pilgrimage destination for centuries. Pour the holy water from the bottles you have been collecting from the other holy wells along the pilgrim way, and then put your hands and feet in the water, and touch your forehead, throat and heart with it.

There is also a new 20th-century chapel in the grounds of the ajacent Retreat Centre. The chapel is open to the public but the Retreat Centre is closed for the time being. The new Catholic chapel was completed in 1934 using stone from a ruined priory and was designed as a replica of what the original chapel may have looked like.