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Cliff Walk on Anglesey’s "Shipwreck Coast"
These are just a few of the places of
interest on our door step - however the visitor to Moelfre has the
whole of Anglesey, North Wales and Snowdonia within easy reach
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This four mile walk passes the ill fated spot where the Royal
Charter was wrecked as well as visiting two of Anglesey’s
most remarkable prehistoric relics. There are also striking
views of Snowdonia and the North Wales coast as far as the Great
Orme at Llandudno some 14 miles away
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A - Lligwy Bay The
sandy, dune-backed beach of Lligwy Bay offers safe bathing. The
rocky islet visible to the north of the bay is Ynys Dulas.
During the days of sail Ynys Dulas was the scene of so many
shipwrecks that a refuge was built on it and kept stocked with
food and water. Today the islet is the haunt of grey seals
B - Capel Lligwy The church dates from the 12th century but the
upper parts of the walls were rebuilt 200 years later and
additions made in the 16th century.
C - Din Lligwy These remarkably well preserved remains were
probably the home of a local chieftain who ruled during the 4th
century about the time of the Roman withdrawal - an earlier
village on this site may well have been adapted to make this a
fortified settlement. The nine buildings - two circular and
seven rectangular - were originally thatched. They are
surrounded by an irregularly shaped wall enclosing and area of
more than half an acre. The hut in the top RH corner was used
for iron working.
D - Burial Chamber Built over a natural fissure in the rock
this burial chamber dates from late Stone Age about 2500 BC. The
capstone of the chamber is unusually massive being 18 ft by 16
ft and over 3 ft thick and weighs about 25 tons. Two thirds of
the chamber is below ground and was originally covered by a
cairn of smaller stones instead of the more usual earth "barrow"
- the main entrance faces east towards the lane. When the
chamber was excavated in 1908 the remains of 30 men, women and
children - including those of a new- born child were discovered
along with animal bones
E - Lifeboat Station and Sea Watch Centre Moelfre’s
lifeboats have saved over 1000 lives since a station was
established in the 1830’s
F - Ynys Moelfre Further round from the lifeboat station is the
small island of Ynys Moelfre which is separated from Anglesey by
the narrow channel of Y Swnt. Ynys Moelfre - Moelfre Island - is
a great haunt of sea birds. Species to be seen include gulls,
terns, gannets, fulmars, and great and Arctic skuuas. Porpoises
can sometimes be seen swimming in Th. bay in summer.
G - Wreck Of Hindlea Swathed in thick blankets of seaweed the
remains of the 650 ton Hindlea can be seen on the rocks at the
foot of the low cliffs beneath where the old coastguard look-out
station used to be. The Hindlea was caught in a hurricane in
October 1959 and foundered on the rocks. The anchor from the
vessel can be seen opposite Fron
H - Royal Charter Memorial The memorial to the victims of the
wreck of the Royal charter was erected in 1935, 76 years after
the steam clipper was smashed to pieces on the nearby rocks with
more than 400 passengers and crew losing their lives |
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