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Capel Llugwy
12th centuryMedieval
The story
History of Capel Llugwy
Capel Lligwy (sometimes referred to as Hen Gapel Lligwy) is a ruined chapel near Rhos Lligwy in Anglesey, north Wales, dating back to the first half of the 12th century.
United Kingdom
- Built
- 12th century
- Era
- Medieval
- Country
- United Kingdom
- UNESCO
- —
- Coordinates
- 53.352, -4.257
In depth
The fuller history
It contains a 16th-century side chapel with a vault beneath, used as a burial chamber. It is a Grade II listed building, a national designation given to "buildings of special interest, which warrant every effort being made to preserve them", in particular because it is "a substantially 12th-century structure" with the "unusual 16th-century vaulted south chapel".
Key dates
- 1990A 1990 book about abandoned churches in Wales refers to the ancient monuments in this part of Anglesey, and calls Capel Lligwy a "medieval gesture of Christian power in a land so obviously imbued with the spirit of a…
- 2001Yates and Longley, authors of a 2001 guide to ancient Anglesey monuments, note that it was built in the large parish of Penrhos Lligwy and was perhaps intended to serving the expanding population in medieval times.
- 2024In 2024, it was announced that Cadw would rename it as .
Historical summary drawn from Wikipedia. Read the full article.
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