Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pilot beacon on West Mouse (Maen y Bugael)
Cylch-y-Garn, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Carmel Head, Cylch-y-Garn, Isle of Anglesey, designated on 27 November 2000.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Maritime
- Date of designation
- 27 November 2000
- Locality
- Carmel Head
- Community
- Cylch-y-Garn
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.41750, -4.55454
- Cadw reference
- 24436
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 93 Holyhead (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 41. Anglesey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
In an isolated location, erected on the islet of West Mouse (Maen y Bugael); located c1.2km off Carmel Head at the NW corner of Anglesey. Aligns with the 2 land based beacons at Carmel Head.
History
Early C19 pilot beacon; probably built in conjunction with the 2 land based beacons erected by Trinity House in the 1830s at Carmel Head.
Exterior
Tall tapering tower, c10m high, built of stone and heavily limewashed; surmounted by large spherical cap.
Reason for designation
Listed as a well-preserved early C19 pilot beacon or navigation marker, which forms an important visual group, part of a navigational system including the lighthouse at The Skerries and other pilot beacons along the north Anglesey coast at Carmel Head.
Nearby in the register
- Pilot beacon (N)Maritimeunder 1 mi
- Pilot beacon (S)Maritime1 mi
- MynachdyDomestic1 mi
- Cornbarn-cowhouse range at MynachdyAgriculture and Subsistence1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.