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Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is the longest name of any village and the name is proudly displayed on the station and village shops. Originally called LLanfair Pwllgwyngwll, the village had its name changed in the 1850s following the arrival of the railway when the villagers wanted a way of attracting trains and early tourists. It is described as one of the earliest great marketing events.

Caer Lêb (name means Leaven Castle) is a low-lying rectilinear enclosure, with double banks and ditches.

Bryn Celli Ddu Burial Chamber, a chambered Neolithic tomb on the site of a former henge monument.

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.

Plas Newydd is an 18th Century mansion house designed by James Wyatt, home of the Marquess of Anglesey. Large gardens, woodland walks and a marine walk along the Menai Straits with spectacular views of Snowdonia. Also has a military museum that tells the story of the 1st Marquess who having lost a leg in the battle of Waterloo was fitted with the first artificial limb.

Capel Lligwy is a stone chapel on a hillside overlooking Lligwy Bay. On a clear day you can see the Isle of Man.

Caer y Tŵr, Iron Age hill fort with late Roman watchtower, on the summit of Holyhead mountain.

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.

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.

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.

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 life in jail during Victorian times. You can see and read about the small cells, infirmary, men and women’s work rooms, punishment cell, human treadmill, chapel and much more. On the first floor you have an interesting door that would lead out to the gallows where during its life as a prison two people were publicly hanged. After the jail closed down it became the Beaumaris police station and later was used to house prisoner of war during the world war.

Llynnon Mill is the only working windmill in Wales. Watch the traditional way of making flour with the big windmill sails driving large millstones to make stone-ground flour from organic wheat. While you visit why not buy a bag in the shop.