Our History and Heritage category brings all Coast Radar’s Isle Of Anglesey listings related to looking for something to do or a place to visit together where they offer some form of historic or heritage based activity.
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Bodowyr Burial Chamber is a Neolithic chambered tomb. The chamber has three upright stones about a metre high supporting a robust, wedge-shaped capstone. A large stone lying flat nearby on the western side may have been part of the structure. Access is by walking 100m across a often muddy field. Read more…
Capel Lligwy is a stone chapel on a hillside overlooking Lligwy Bay. On a clear day you can see the Isle of Man. Read more…
Din Dryfol Burial Chamber, Neolithic chambered tomb consisting of several large stones, one stands at about 10 feet (3 metres) high. The capstone has collapsed and many stones are missing but it is in a pleasant setting and worth visiting. Read more…
Din Lligwy Huts are well-preserved stone-built huts in an enclosure dating from the Romano-British period. Excavation has revealed a variety of buildings, including roundhouses and rectangular barns/workshops. Read more…
Castell Bryn Gwyn is a circular bank of Neolithic origin, surviving to a height of 12 feet. Artifacts found give evidence of Iron Age and Roman settlements. Read more…
Beaumaris Castle was the last and largest of King Edward I Welsh fortifications started in the 1290’s. Defences survive, surrounded by a partly restored moat. Beaumaris Castle is built on walls with walls plan and when built the inhabitants of Llanfaes were forcefully relocated 12 miles away to Newborough. Beaumaris Castle is within The Castles and Town Walls of King Read more…
Caer Gybi Roman Fort is small rectangular for overlooking the harbour which formed a defense against raiders from across the Irish Sea. After the departure of the Romans from Britain the site was gifted to Cybi by Maelgwyn, the 6th Century King of Gwynedd, where he founded a monastery of which the present St Cybi church is the successor. Read more…
Caer Lêb (name means Leaven Castle) is a low-lying rectilinear enclosure, with double banks and ditches. Read more…
Swtan is a fully restored example of a 17th century Welsh cottage with a thatched roof, crogloft. It is situated on the beautiful north west Wales coast of Anglesey, in the picturesque village of Church Bay (Porth Swtan). Read more…
Beaumaris Gaol, opened in 1829, as a Victorian Gaol in the heart of Beaumaris. The gaol was thought to be a model prison with running water and toilets in each cell, before this time gaols were just for holding prisoners before they were heard in court, hanged or transported to the colonies. When walking around you get a feeling for Read more…
Barclodiad y Gawres Burial Chamber is apartially reconstructed Neolithic burial chamber. The site has limited access: you can view the outside all year but the burial chamber itself can only be visited by appointment. Read more…
The port at Amlwch was developed due to the high importance of the copper mine at Parys Mountain. The harbour built in 18th century in a small north facing cove is protected by breakwaters. Small museum and heritage trail explaining the few remains that hint of its past. Ship trade started to slow down when the new railway started to Read more…
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