It is noted that there are 180 wells in the Glamorgan area and the most noted is the well at Penrhys, which is renowned for, is curable waters and its pilgrimages using the Cistercians Trail.
There is forgotten curable well called “Illtud’s Well” which is Craig Buarthcapel in Llanwynno, where a father took his son to the well to bathe the ankle the boy who was William Thomas who later became known as “Glanffrwd”.