Llanfaethlu
Sign in to saveLlanfaethlu is a village and community in the north west of Anglesey, in north-west Wales. The community population taken at the 2011 Census was 553. The village takes its name from the Church of Saint Maethlu. The community includes Llanfwrog.
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Place details
- Locality
- Holyhead
- Region
- Cymru / Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.official_name
- Llanfaethlu
- UK place.static_image_name
- Eglwys Llanfaethlu - geograph.org.uk - 1390317.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Church of Saint Maethlu, Llanfaethlu
- UK place.population
- 553
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Anglesey
- UK place.lieutenancy_wales
- Gwynedd
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Ynys Môn
- UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
- Ynys Môn
- UK place.post_town
- Holyhead
- UK place.postcode_district
- LL65
- UK place.postcode_area
Key dates
- Inception
- 1 April 1974
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- community
- Official name
- Llanfaethlu
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Isle of Anglesey
- Population
- +553
- Area
- +1808
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Shares border with
- Tref Alaw
- Image
- Eglwys Llanfaethlu - geograph.org.uk - 1390317.jpg
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- History
- Governance
- Shipwrecks
- Protected areas
- References
Llanfaethlu is a village and community in the north west of Anglesey, in north-west Wales. The community population taken at the 2011 Census was 553. The village takes its name from the Church of Saint Maethlu. The community includes Llanfwrog.
==History== There are two prehistoric scheduled monuments within Llanfaethlu Community. A hill fort with a single bank and ditch lies on a headland near the coastal hamlet of Tre-Fadog, overlooking the sandy bay of Port Trefadog. To the east of the village is the Capel Soar Standing Stone, a large and prominent standing stone visible from the A5025 and close to Soar Baptist Chapel. It is a slab, 3.2 metres (10 ft) high, and 1.7 metres (5.6 ft) wide at its base, tapering to a rounded top. Roman activity was shown by a small hoard of Roman coins, found in 1929 on a hill to the west of the church, some having been minted when Domitian was emperor, around 90 AD.