Llanfair-Mathafarn-Eithaf () is a parish and
community
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in
Anglesey
Anglesey (; cy, (Ynys) Môn ) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms a Local government in Wales, principal area known as the Isle of Anglesey, that includes Holy Island, Anglesey, Holy Island across the narrow Cymyran Strai ...
,
Wales
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including the small seaside town of
Benllech. The community population taken at the
2011 census was 3,382.
Local buildings include the medieval
St Mary's Church, where the 18th century poet
Goronwy Owen once served as curate. The parish has five Scheduled Monuments, including two collections of hut circles and the stone remains of a
dolmen
A dolmen () or portal tomb is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of two or more upright megaliths supporting a large flat horizontal capstone or "table". Most date from the early Neolithic (40003000 BCE) and were so ...
type
Neolithic
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burial mound, called the
Pant-y-Saer Cromlech. The remains of a
Viking Age
The Viking Age () was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonizing, conquest, and trading throughout Europe and reached North America. It followed the Migration Period
The ...
settlement have also been found in the parish.
The parish lies on an area of
Carboniferous Limestone
Carboniferous Limestone is a collective term for the succession of limestones occurring widely throughout Great Britain and Ireland that were deposited during the Dinantian Epoch of the Carboniferous Period. These rocks formed between 363 ...
and supports a variety of wildlife, including
red squirrel
The red squirrel (''Sciurus vulgaris'') is a species of tree squirrel in the genus '' Sciurus'' common throughout Europe and Asia. The red squirrel is an arboreal, primarily herbivorous rodent.
In Great Britain, Ireland, and in Italy numbers ...
s. The
Cors Goch
Cors Goch National Nature Reserve is principally a fen in a shallow valley near the village of Llanbedrgoch, on the eastern side of Anglesey. The site is managed by the North Wales Wildlife Trust and also includes calcareous heath, meadow and an ...
nature reserve is a rich fenland habitat in the west of the parish and is designated an
SSSI
A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle o ...
.
Other settlements include
Brynteg,
Llanbedrgoch,
Tyn-y-Gongl, and
Red Wharf Bay.
Notable people
*
Goronwy Owen (1723–1769) a notable Welsh poet
*
Howel Harris Hughes
Howel Harris Hughes (7 September 1873 – 23 November 1956) was a Welsh theologian and Presbyterian minister. He was Principal of the United Theological College in Aberystwyth in from 1927 to 1939.
Biography
Hughes was born in Brynteg, Llan ...
(1873–1956), theologian,
Presbyterian
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minister and Principal of the
United Theological College in
Aberystwyth was born in the parish.
[Howel Harris Hughes]
on the ''Dictionary of Welsh Biography
The ''Dictionary of Welsh Biography'' (DWB) (also ''The Dictionary of Welsh Biography Down to 1940'' and ''The Dictionary of Welsh Biography, 1941 to 1970'') is a biographical dictionary of Welsh people who have made a significant contribution to ...
''
References
External links
Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf Community CouncilAncient Monuments UK - Pant-y-Saer Hut CirclesGwynedd Archaeological Trust - description of Viking Age settlementRed Squirrels Trust WalesNorth Wales Wildlife Trust - Cors Goch
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