NAR SM72NE9

Site of medieval hospital, 'called the priory of Whytwel', founded by Bishop Bec (1280-1293) for sick & infirm clergy, later annexed to St Mary's college (Nprn305386): traces of buildings were remarked on here in the early 19th century & 'surface irregularities' noted in 1966; following ploughing (1975/6) stone rubble, glass, slate & fragments of glazed roof & fllor tile were observed to be concentrated in the area of a platform, at location marked as 'site of chapel' on OS County series (Pembroke. XX.3 1889): some 30m to the north-west is the 'Whitewell', where (in 1966) a trapdoor in a hedgerow opened onto a water-filled well, an arched covering being noted in the early 19th century.

Sources: RCAHM 1925 Pembroke. Inventory, 334-5 No. 968;
Jones 1954 'the Holy Wells of Wales', 212;
DAT 1976 (AW 16), 44 No.101.

Associated with:
St David's Cathedral city (Nprn268104).

J.Wiles 20.01.05