Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Folly, Carreglwyd
Llanfaethlu, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 16 February 2001
- Locality
- Carreglwyd
- Town
- Holyhead
- Community
- Llanfaethlu
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.36039, -4.54500
- Cadw reference
- 24787
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Set within woodland to W of the walled garden at Carreglwyd; c120m NW of the house.
History
C18 folly/lookout tower. Probably built as part of the improvements to the estate which were thought to be carried out under the direction of Mary Trygarn, mother of Holland Griffiths, owner of the estate at that time.
Exterior
Stone steps lead up to a circular viewing platform. Low rubble wall with roughly embattled coping.
Reason for designation
Included as an early C18 folly, which provided a viewing platform over Holyhead harbour. Contemporary with the remodelling of the adjacent house at Carreglwyd and the development of the ancillary estate buildings of the early C18.
Nearby in the register
- The Laundry, CarreglwydDomesticunder 1 mi
- Sundial, CarreglwydGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- CarreglwydDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Stables, CarreglwydAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.