Regional sacred-site guide
Sacred sites in Wales
Explore 39 sacred places in Wales, United Kingdom, with a regional map and links to detailed site guides.
Traditions in Wales
Site types in Wales
Showing 1-39 of 39 sites in this regional guide
Bangor Cathedral
Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom
Bangor Cathedral stands in Wales as a major cathedral site. At Bangor Cathedral, Anglican or historic Western Christian tradition provides the public sacred context....
Barclodiad y Gawres
Ty Croes, Wales, United Kingdom
Barclodiad y Gawres stands in Wales as a major prehistoric site. At Barclodiad y Gawres, Prehistoric ritual and funerary traditions provides the public sacred context....
Basingwerk Abbey
Greenfield, Wales, United Kingdom
Basingwerk Abbey is a nationally or regionally important monastic place in Wales. Basingwerk Abbey is interpreted here through Christian monastic tradition....
Bodowyr Dolmen
Llangaffo, Wales, United Kingdom
In a quiet farmer's field on Anglesey, three standing stones bear a mushroom-shaped capstone that has marked this hilltop for over five thousand years....
Brecon Cathedral
Brecon, Wales, United Kingdom
Brecon Cathedral is a nationally or regionally important cathedral place in Wales....
Bryn Celli Ddu
Llanddaniel Fab, Wales, United Kingdom
Bryn Celli Ddu is a nationally or regionally important prehistoric place in Wales. Bryn Celli Ddu is interpreted here through Prehistoric ritual and funerary traditions....
Cadair Idris
Dolgellau, Wales, United Kingdom
Rising above southern Snowdonia, Cadair Idris has drawn seekers for centuries with its promise of transformation....
Carn Ingli
Newport, Wales, United Kingdom
Rising above the ancient town of Newport in Pembrokeshire, Carn Ingli takes its name from the 6th-century saint Brynach, who climbed to this rocky summit to pray and there...
Clynnog Fawr Dolmen
Clynnog Fawr, Wales, United Kingdom
On a hillside between mountains and sea near Clynnog Fawr, a Neolithic burial chamber has stood for over five thousand years....
Gors Fawr stone ring, Mynachlog-ddu, Dyfed, England
Mynachlog-ddu, Wales, United Kingdom
On remote moorland in the shadow of the Preseli Mountains, sixteen low stones form a circle that has survived intact for over four thousand years....
Harold’s Stones
Trellech, Wales, United Kingdom
In a field at the edge of Trellech village, three standing stones rise from the Welsh earth, the tallest reaching fifteen feet despite having sunk into the ground....
Llandaff Cathedral
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Llandaff Cathedral belongs among the significant cathedral places of Wales. The sacred frame at Llandaff Cathedral comes from Anglican or historic Western Christian...
Llanthony Priory
Llanthony, Wales, United Kingdom
Llanthony Priory belongs among the significant monastic places of Wales. The sacred frame at Llanthony Priory comes from Christian monastic tradition....
Llech-y-tribedd
Moylgrove, Wales, United Kingdom
Rising from a quiet Pembrokeshire hillside, Llech-y-tribedd is a portal dolmen built by Neolithic farming communities around 4000 BCE....
Neath Abbey
Neath, Wales, United Kingdom
Neath Abbey stands in Wales as a major monastic site. At Neath Abbey, Christian monastic tradition provides the public sacred context....
Our Lady of Cardigan, Wales
Cardigan, Wales, United Kingdom
In medieval Cardigan, a statue of Mary and the Christ Child was found beside the River Teifi, a burning taper in her hand....
Penrhos Feiliw standing stones
Holyhead, Wales, United Kingdom
On Holy Island, at the western edge of Anglesey, two standing stones rise in near-identical form....
Pentre Ifan Dolmen
Nevern, Wales, United Kingdom
On a hillside in west Wales, a sixteen-ton capstone floats on three slender uprights....
Preseli Hills
Clynderwen, Wales, United Kingdom
Preseli Hills is a nationally or regionally important sacred landscape place in Wales....
St Asaph Cathedral
Saint Asaph, Wales, United Kingdom
St Asaph Cathedral belongs among the significant cathedral places of Wales. The sacred frame at St Asaph Cathedral comes from Anglican or historic Western Christian...
St Brynach’s Church
Nevern, Wales, United Kingdom
In a quiet Pembrokeshire churchyard, an avenue of ancient yews leads to the finest Celtic cross in Wales....
St David’s Cathedral
St Davids, Wales, United Kingdom
At the western edge of Wales, in Britain's smallest city, a cathedral rests in a hollow. St David founded his monastery here in the 6th century....
St Dogmaels Abbey
Saint Dogmaels, Wales, United Kingdom
St Dogmaels Abbey stands in Wales as a major monastic site. At St Dogmaels Abbey, Christian monastic tradition provides the public sacred context....
St Lythans burial chamber
Wenvoe, Wales, United Kingdom
St Lythans burial chamber is a nationally or regionally important prehistoric place in Wales....
St Non’s Chapel and Well
St Davids, Wales, United Kingdom
South of St Davids, on a cliff overlooking the sea, stands a roofless chapel. Here, according to tradition, St Non gave birth to David, patron saint of Wales, during a...
St. Beuno shrine and well, Clynnog Fawr, Wales
Clynnog Fawr, Wales, United Kingdom
In Clynnog Fawr, on the pilgrim road to Bardsey Island, stands one of the great churches of North Wales. St Beuno founded his community here in 616 AD....
St. Beuno’s Church and Well, Clynnog Fawr, Wales
Clynnog Fawr, Wales, United Kingdom
Nestled in the hills above Clynnog Fawr, St Beuno's Well has drawn the sick and seeking since the seventh century....
St. Cybi’s Church
Holyhead, Wales, United Kingdom
On the western edge of Anglesey, St Cybi's Church rises within the walls of a fourth-century Roman fort, a visible testimony to the continuity of sacred purpose across...
St. Davids and St. Non's, Wales
St Davids, Wales, United Kingdom
Two pilgrimages to St Davids equaled one to Rome, declared the medieval popes, recognizing what Welsh Christians already knew....
St. Mary’s Church, Dolgellau
Dolgellau, Wales, United Kingdom
St Mary's stands at the heart of Dolgellau, unusual among Welsh churches for its Georgian architecture but holding medieval treasures within....
St. Winefride’s Well
Holywell, Wales, United Kingdom
In a Welsh hillside, water has flowed from the earth for thirteen centuries. Pilgrims have come to bathe in it since before anyone thought to record their names....
Strata Florida Abbey
Ystrad Fflur, Wales, United Kingdom
Strata Florida Abbey stands in Wales as a major monastic site. At Strata Florida Abbey, Christian monastic tradition provides the public sacred context....
Talley Abbey
Talley, Wales, United Kingdom
Talley Abbey is a nationally or regionally important monastic place in Wales. Talley Abbey is interpreted here through Christian monastic tradition....
The Virtuous Well
Trellech, Wales, United Kingdom
In a quiet meadow southeast of Trellech, four springs rise through a medieval well structure still festooned with cloth offerings....
Tinkinswood
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Tinkinswood belongs among the significant prehistoric places of Wales. The sacred frame at Tinkinswood comes from Prehistoric ritual and funerary traditions....
Tintern Abbey
Tintern, Wales, United Kingdom
Tintern Abbey is a nationally or regionally important monastic place in Wales. Tintern Abbey is interpreted here through Christian monastic tradition....
Trellyffaint Burial Chamber
Nevern, Wales, United Kingdom
Raised some six thousand years ago on a Pembrokeshire ridge, Trellyffaint Burial Chamber stands as one of Wales's oldest megalithic monuments....
Tŷ Newydd burial chamber
Ty Croes, Wales, United Kingdom
Tŷ Newydd burial chamber belongs among the significant prehistoric places of Wales....
Valle Crucis Abbey
Llangollen, Wales, United Kingdom
Valle Crucis Abbey belongs among the significant monastic places of Wales. The sacred frame at Valle Crucis Abbey comes from Christian monastic tradition....
Key questions
Wales sacred-site questions
- How many sacred sites are listed in Wales?
- This regional guide currently includes 39 sacred sites in Wales, United Kingdom.
- Which traditions are represented in Wales?
- The most represented traditions in the current guide include Christianity, Celtic and Prehistoric, Christian monastic tradition, Prehistoric ritual and funerary traditions, Anglican or historic Western Christian tradition, Layered local, Christian, and contemporary land-based traditions.
- Can I view Wales sacred sites on a map?
- Yes. Switch to map view to compare the listed places, then open a site page for coordinates and visiting context.