Saint Tudno (pronounced Tidno) was allegedly one of the seven sons of King Seithenyn, whose legendary kingdom Cantref y Gwaelod (see The Lost Land of Wales) in Cardigan Bay was submerged by tidal activity. In reparation of his father’s neglect, he studied at St. Dunawd’s college in the monastery of Bangor Iscoed, Bangor on Dee, near Chester in the 6th Century. From there he went to the great ancient limestone outcrop of the Great Orme (Cyngreawdr), jutting from the Creuddyn Peninsula, to bring the message of Christianity to its people. His first home and (hermitage) on the Great Orme was a small coastal cave with difficult access known as Ogof Llech, which provided protection from the elements and a source of fresh water from a spring well Fynnon Llech. It is also said that Saint Tudno had in his possession one of the thirteen treasures of Britain, ‘The Whetstone of Tudwal Tudglyd’ when he built his cell here.
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