Isle
of Anglesey,
North Wales, UK |
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Separated from the mainland of North Wales by the Menai Strait,
the Isle of Anglesey has an abundance of glorious scenery as well
as many sacred historical sites. Most of the island's coastline
is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, with award-winning
sandy beaches, pretty coves and estuaries, and lots of birds and
wildlife.
Anglesey boasts
a strong Welsh culture, and was renowned in the past for being
the breadbasket of Wales due to its fertile soil (becoming known
as the 'Mother of Wales').
The island was the last stronghold of the ancient Celts and Druids,
and has Wales' greatest concentration of prehistoric sites, including
the Neolithic burial chambers of Bryn Celli Ddu and Barclodiad
y Gawres. There are also many Stone Age and Roman remains on Holy
Island's Holyhead Mountain.
Lying on the
banks of the Menai Strait, the seaside town of Beaumaris is the
location of Wales' famous Beaumaris Castle, part of Edward I's
'Iron Ring', while further south is Plas Newydd, the 18th century
stately home of the Marquess of Anglesey. Holy Island lies northwest
of the mainland, and Anglesey also has a village with the longest
place name in Britain, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerych-wyrndrobwllllandysiliogogogoch
(a tourist gimmick), which is shortened to Llanfair P.G.
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