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Plas Gwyn

Heritage Site in Anglesey

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Plas Gwyn

Low tide at Red Wharf Bay This is the south western end of the bay.
Low tide at Red Wharf Bay Credit: Mat Fascione

Plas Gwyn, located in Anglesey, Wales, is a historic heritage site of great significance. The building dates back to the early 17th century and is a fine example of Jacobean architecture. It was originally constructed as a country house and has since undergone various renovations and additions, adding to its architectural charm.

The main structure of Plas Gwyn is a two-story building with a symmetrical façade, featuring large windows and a grand entrance. The interior boasts a combination of original features and later additions, including ornate plasterwork, paneling, and fireplaces. The house also has a beautiful landscaped garden surrounding it, with well-manicured lawns, flowerbeds, and a variety of mature trees.

Throughout its history, Plas Gwyn has been associated with notable figures and events. It is said to have been a residence for members of the local gentry, including the prominent Bulkeley family. During the English Civil War in the mid-17th century, the house was reportedly used as a garrison for Parliamentary troops.

Today, Plas Gwyn is open to the public as a heritage site and offers visitors a glimpse into the past. Guided tours are available, providing insights into the house's history and architecture. The well-preserved interiors showcase the grandeur of the original design and provide a unique perspective on the lifestyle of the period.

Plas Gwyn stands as a testament to the rich heritage of Anglesey and offers a fascinating experience for history enthusiasts and architectural admirers alike.

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Low tide at Red Wharf Bay This is the south western end of the bay.
Low tide at Red Wharf Bay
This is the south western end of the bay.
Low tide at Red Wharf Bay Looking towards Talgwyn and Yr-lard on the south west shore of Red Wharf Bay.
Low tide at Red Wharf Bay
Looking towards Talgwyn and Yr-lard on the south west shore of Red Wharf Bay.
Old barn at Red Wharf Bay
Old barn at Red Wharf Bay
Marshes, Red Wharf Bay Traeth Coch (Welsh for Red Beach) is a wide sandy bay and an area of outstanding natural beauty on the east coast of the island of Anglesey in Wales. The bay is also known in English as Red Wharf Bay and lies between the villages of Pentraeth and Benllech. It is also close to Castell Mawr Rock, thought to be the site of an Iron Age fort. Red Wharf Bay beach itself has an immense expanse of sand, at low tide almost 10 sq miles of sand is uncovered. The sand and the sea life disappears beneath the waves twice a day, and reappears just a few hours later.
Marshes, Red Wharf Bay
Traeth Coch (Welsh for Red Beach) is a wide sandy bay and an area of outstanding natural beauty on the east coast of the island of Anglesey in Wales. The bay is also known in English as Red Wharf Bay and lies between the villages of Pentraeth and Benllech. It is also close to Castell Mawr Rock, thought to be the site of an Iron Age fort. Red Wharf Bay beach itself has an immense expanse of sand, at low tide almost 10 sq miles of sand is uncovered. The sand and the sea life disappears beneath the waves twice a day, and reappears just a few hours later.
On the shores of Red Wharf Bay
On the shores of Red Wharf Bay
Anglesey Coast path below a small cliff, Red Wharf Bay Traeth Coch (Welsh for Red Beach) is a wide sandy bay and an area of outstanding natural beauty on the east coast of the island of Anglesey in Wales. The bay is also known in English as Red Wharf Bay and lies between the villages of Pentraeth and Benllech. It is also close to Castell Mawr Rock, thought to be the site of an Iron Age fort. Red Wharf Bay beach itself has an immense expanse of sand, at low tide almost 10 sq miles of sand is uncovered. The sand and the sea life disappears beneath the waves twice a day, and reappears just a few hours later.
Anglesey Coast path below a small cliff, Red Wharf Bay
Traeth Coch (Welsh for Red Beach) is a wide sandy bay and an area of outstanding natural beauty on the east coast of the island of Anglesey in Wales. The bay is also known in English as Red Wharf Bay and lies between the villages of Pentraeth and Benllech. It is also close to Castell Mawr Rock, thought to be the site of an Iron Age fort. Red Wharf Bay beach itself has an immense expanse of sand, at low tide almost 10 sq miles of sand is uncovered. The sand and the sea life disappears beneath the waves twice a day, and reappears just a few hours later.
Salt marsh, Red Wharf Bay Traeth Coch (Welsh for Red Beach) is a wide sandy bay and an area of outstanding natural beauty on the east coast of the island of Anglesey in Wales. The bay is also known in English as Red Wharf Bay and lies between the villages of Pentraeth and Benllech. It is also close to Castell Mawr Rock, thought to be the site of an Iron Age fort. Red Wharf Bay beach itself has an immense expanse of sand, at low tide almost 10 sq miles of sand is uncovered. The sand and the sea life disappears beneath the waves twice a day, and reappears just a few hours later.
Salt marsh, Red Wharf Bay
Traeth Coch (Welsh for Red Beach) is a wide sandy bay and an area of outstanding natural beauty on the east coast of the island of Anglesey in Wales. The bay is also known in English as Red Wharf Bay and lies between the villages of Pentraeth and Benllech. It is also close to Castell Mawr Rock, thought to be the site of an Iron Age fort. Red Wharf Bay beach itself has an immense expanse of sand, at low tide almost 10 sq miles of sand is uncovered. The sand and the sea life disappears beneath the waves twice a day, and reappears just a few hours later.
Salt marsh, Red Wharf Bay Traeth Coch (Welsh for Red Beach) is a wide sandy bay and an area of outstanding natural beauty on the east coast of the island of Anglesey in Wales. The bay is also known in English as Red Wharf Bay and lies between the villages of Pentraeth and Benllech. It is also close to Castell Mawr Rock, thought to be the site of an Iron Age fort. Red Wharf Bay beach itself has an immense expanse of sand, at low tide almost 10 sq miles of sand is uncovered. The sand and the sea life disappears beneath the waves twice a day, and reappears just a few hours later.
Salt marsh, Red Wharf Bay
Traeth Coch (Welsh for Red Beach) is a wide sandy bay and an area of outstanding natural beauty on the east coast of the island of Anglesey in Wales. The bay is also known in English as Red Wharf Bay and lies between the villages of Pentraeth and Benllech. It is also close to Castell Mawr Rock, thought to be the site of an Iron Age fort. Red Wharf Bay beach itself has an immense expanse of sand, at low tide almost 10 sq miles of sand is uncovered. The sand and the sea life disappears beneath the waves twice a day, and reappears just a few hours later.
Salt marsh, Red Wharf Bay Traeth Coch (Welsh for Red Beach) is a wide sandy bay and an area of outstanding natural beauty on the east coast of the island of Anglesey in Wales. The bay is also known in English as Red Wharf Bay and lies between the villages of Pentraeth and Benllech. It is also close to Castell Mawr Rock, thought to be the site of an Iron Age fort. Red Wharf Bay beach itself has an immense expanse of sand, at low tide almost 10 sq miles of sand is uncovered. The sand and the sea life disappears beneath the waves twice a day, and reappears just a few hours later.
Salt marsh, Red Wharf Bay
Traeth Coch (Welsh for Red Beach) is a wide sandy bay and an area of outstanding natural beauty on the east coast of the island of Anglesey in Wales. The bay is also known in English as Red Wharf Bay and lies between the villages of Pentraeth and Benllech. It is also close to Castell Mawr Rock, thought to be the site of an Iron Age fort. Red Wharf Bay beach itself has an immense expanse of sand, at low tide almost 10 sq miles of sand is uncovered. The sand and the sea life disappears beneath the waves twice a day, and reappears just a few hours later.
Anglesey Coast Path, Red Wharf Bay The Anglesey Coastal Path (formally the Isle of Anglesey Coastal Path) is a 200-kilometre (124 mi) long-distance footpath around the island of Anglesey in North Wales. The route is part of the Wales Coast Path. The path logo is a flying tern. <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4380990">SH5186 : Anglesey Coastal Path Logo</a> Wikipedia: <span class="nowrap"><a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglesey_Coastal_Path" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglesey_Coastal_Path">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
Anglesey Coast Path, Red Wharf Bay
The Anglesey Coastal Path (formally the Isle of Anglesey Coastal Path) is a 200-kilometre (124 mi) long-distance footpath around the island of Anglesey in North Wales. The route is part of the Wales Coast Path. The path logo is a flying tern. SH5186 : Anglesey Coastal Path Logo Wikipedia: LinkExternal link
Salt marsh, Red Wharf Bay Traeth Coch (Welsh for Red Beach) is a wide sandy bay and an area of outstanding natural beauty on the east coast of the island of Anglesey in Wales. The bay is also known in English as Red Wharf Bay and lies between the villages of Pentraeth and Benllech. It is also close to Castell Mawr Rock, thought to be the site of an Iron Age fort. Red Wharf Bay beach itself has an immense expanse of sand, at low tide almost 10 sq miles of sand is uncovered. The sand and the sea life disappears beneath the waves twice a day, and reappears just a few hours later.
Salt marsh, Red Wharf Bay
Traeth Coch (Welsh for Red Beach) is a wide sandy bay and an area of outstanding natural beauty on the east coast of the island of Anglesey in Wales. The bay is also known in English as Red Wharf Bay and lies between the villages of Pentraeth and Benllech. It is also close to Castell Mawr Rock, thought to be the site of an Iron Age fort. Red Wharf Bay beach itself has an immense expanse of sand, at low tide almost 10 sq miles of sand is uncovered. The sand and the sea life disappears beneath the waves twice a day, and reappears just a few hours later.
Anglesey Coast Path, Red Wharf Bay The Wales Coast Path (Welsh: Llwybr Arfordir Cymru) is a long distance footpath which follows the whole of the coastline of Wales. It opened on 5 May 2012, and offers a 870 mile long route from Chepstow in the south to Queensferry in the north. Wales is the first country in the world to provide a dedicated footpath along its entire coastline. The Path runs through eleven National Nature Reserves and other nature reserves, including those managed by The Wildlife Trusts or Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). Logo can be seen at<a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3738617">SS0897 : Logo, Wales Coast Path</a>. Website: <span class="nowrap"><a title="http://www.walescoastpath.gov.uk/default.aspx" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.walescoastpath.gov.uk/default.aspx">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
Anglesey Coast Path, Red Wharf Bay
The Wales Coast Path (Welsh: Llwybr Arfordir Cymru) is a long distance footpath which follows the whole of the coastline of Wales. It opened on 5 May 2012, and offers a 870 mile long route from Chepstow in the south to Queensferry in the north. Wales is the first country in the world to provide a dedicated footpath along its entire coastline. The Path runs through eleven National Nature Reserves and other nature reserves, including those managed by The Wildlife Trusts or Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). Logo can be seen atSS0897 : Logo, Wales Coast Path. Website: LinkExternal link
High and dry! Looking to the northeast across the mud and sand of Red Wharf Bay at low tide. The TV transmitter mast at Llandona is prominent on the skyline beyond.
High and dry!
Looking to the northeast across the mud and sand of Red Wharf Bay at low tide. The TV transmitter mast at Llandona is prominent on the skyline beyond.
Mud and sand Red Wharf Bay
Mud and sand
Red Wharf Bay
The Bull Inn, Pentraeth Road
The Bull Inn, Pentraeth Road
Pentraeth, Crossroads, Church and War Memorial St Mary’s Church at Pentraeth.
Pentraeth, Crossroads, Church and War Memorial
St Mary’s Church at Pentraeth.
Pentraeth War Memorial A white marble freestanding wheel cross on a three-tier square base. Situated at the junction of the A5025 and the B5109, adjacent to the Church of St Mary.
Pentraeth War Memorial
A white marble freestanding wheel cross on a three-tier square base. Situated at the junction of the A5025 and the B5109, adjacent to the Church of St Mary.
Eglwys Y Santes Fair The Church of St Mary at Pentraeth dates mainly from the late nineteenth century when the church was partly rebuilt in 1882. The earliest parts may date back to the 12th-14th centuries; the church retains Medieval masonry in the West wall and the lower courses of the North and South walls. It is a Grade II listed building (Cadw reference 5557 <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=en&id=5557" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=en&id=5557">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> ).
Eglwys Y Santes Fair
The Church of St Mary at Pentraeth dates mainly from the late nineteenth century when the church was partly rebuilt in 1882. The earliest parts may date back to the 12th-14th centuries; the church retains Medieval masonry in the West wall and the lower courses of the North and South walls. It is a Grade II listed building (Cadw reference 5557 LinkExternal link ).
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Plas Gwyn is located at Grid Ref: SH5278 (Lat: 53.279764, Lng: -4.207651)

Unitary Authority: Isle of Anglesey

Police Authority: North Wales

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///aims.girder.skies. Near Benllech, Isle of Anglesey

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