Penrhos Bay
Penrhos Bay is a bay in Wales, United Kingdom. Penrhos Bay is situated nearby to the locality Trearddur Bay, as well as near the village Four Mile Bridge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Gwenfaen’s Well and Trefignath Chambered Tomb.
St Gwenfaen’s Well
Spring
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Gwenfaen's Well is an early medieval holy well in the south west of Holy Island, Anglesey, named after St Gwenfaen, whose cloister was nearby. The site includes substantial remains of a building and is both a scheduled monument and a Grade II listed building. St Gwenfaen’s Well is situated 1½ miles southeast of Penrhos Bay.
Trefignath Chambered Tomb
Archaeological site
Photo: Stephen Elwyn RODDICK, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trefignath is a Neolithic burial chamber near Trearddur, south of Holyhead on Holy Island, off Anglesey in Wales. In its most complete form it included a large cairn covering three stone tombs, set on a small knoll. Trefignath Chambered Tomb is situated 2 miles northeast of Penrhos Bay.
Ynys Benlas
Islet
Ynys Benlas is a small islet situated in the Inland Sea, part of the Cymyran Strait between Anglesey and Holy Island. It measures approximately 65 metres by 35 metres at low tide and covers about 0.2 hectares. Ynys Benlas is situated 2 miles northeast of Penrhos Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trearddur Bay and Rhoscolyn.
Trearddur Bay
Photo: Ian Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trearddur or Trearddur Bay is a village, seaside resort and community south of Holyhead on the west coast of Holy Island off the north-west coast of Anglesey in Wales.
Rhoscolyn
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rhoscolyn is a village on Holy Island, which is just west of Anglesey and connected to it by road bridges. A monument found here suggests that the Romans regarded it as the western boundary of their empire.
Four Mile Bridge
Village
Photo: alan smethurst, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Four Mile Bridge is a village spanning both sides of the Cymyran Strait in Wales, connecting Holy Island with Anglesey, and is approximately three miles southeast of Holyhead. Four Mile Bridge is situated 2 miles east of Penrhos Bay.
Penrhos Bay
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.26667° or 53° 16′ northLongitude
-4.63333° or 4° 38′ westOpen location code
9C5Q7988+MMGeoNames ID
2640422
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