Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pen-y-Fynwent Enclosure
Rhosybol, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosure
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 20 June 1979
- Community
- Rhosybol
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.37316, -4.35607
- SAM number
- AN124
- Cadw record number
- 254
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 1883 "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument.
The monument comprises a pentagonal earthwork enclosure defined by a bank and external ditch, with an entrance causeway on the NE. It measures about 30m by 30m internally. It has been suggested that this is the site of an early medieval chapel, either Bettws Bwchwdw or Capel Tegeryn.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of medieval settlement and ecclesiastical structures. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. The structures themselves may be expected to contain archaeological information concerning chronology and building techniques.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
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- Capel Mwd (Capel Newydd) and attached cottageReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Parys Mountain: Windmill, Engine House, Precipitation Pits and Great OpencastTower1 mi
- Parys Mountain WindmillIndustrial1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.