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Attractions & heritage on Anglesey
UNESCO-listed castles, Neolithic burial chambers, and Norman priories — Anglesey's 6,000 years of history are written into its landscape.
Attractions Beaumaris, Anglesey
Beaumaris Castle
The last and most technically accomplished of Edward I's Iron Ring of castles, Beaumaris was begun in 1295 and — despite never being fully completed — is considered the finest example of concentric castle design in Britain.
Attractions Llanddaniel Fab, Anglesey
Bryn Celli Ddu Burial Chamber
A Neolithic passage tomb dating to around 3000 BC, Bryn Celli Ddu — 'the mound in the dark grove' — is the best-preserved prehistoric monument on Anglesey and one of the most important in Wales.
Attractions Penmon, Anglesey
Penmon Priory & Dovecote
At the far eastern tip of Anglesey, Penmon Priory is a remarkably intact complex of Norman and Early Christian religious buildings — a 12th-century church, the remains of a priory, and one of the finest medieval dovecotes in Wales, built around 1600 to house 1,000 pigeons.
Attractions Near Moelfre, Anglesey
Din Lligwy Ancient Village
A late-Roman and early post-Roman enclosed settlement on the northeast coast near Moelfre, Din Lligwy preserves the stone walls of a 4th-century village in remarkable condition — enclosures and the footprints of both round and rectangular houses still legible on the ground after 1,700 years.
Attractions Llanfairpwll, Anglesey
Llanfairpwll Station Name Sign
The railway station at Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch — the longest place name in Europe at 58 characters — is the only place in the world where the full name appears in its officially correct form, on the original platform sign.
Attractions Near Moelfre, Anglesey
Lligwy Burial Chamber
Dating to around 2500 BC, the Lligwy Burial Chamber's capstone — a single limestone slab measuring roughly 5.
Attractions Llangefni, Anglesey
Oriel Môn Gallery & Museum, Llangefni
Anglesey's principal museum and art gallery, Oriel Môn in Llangefni holds the most comprehensive collection of material relating to Anglesey's history anywhere on the island — from Neolithic artefacts and Bronze Age metalwork to the story of the Parys Mountain Copper Kingdom and a permanent tribute to Charles Tunnicliffe, the wildlife artist who painted Anglesey for 30 years.