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Holy Island

Holy Island is an island on the western side of the larger Isle of Anglesey, , from which it is separated by the Cymyran Strait. It is called "Holy" because of the high concentration of standing stones, burial chambers and other religious sites on the small island.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island next to the island of Anglesey, Wales
  • Also known as: “Holy Island, Anglesey” and “Holyhead Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Trefignath Chambered Tomb and Tŷ Mawr Standing Stone.

Archaeological site
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Trefignath is a Neolithic burial chamber near , south of on Holy Island, off in . In its most complete form it included a large cairn covering three stone tombs, set on a small knoll.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site.

Building
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is located in , a village and seaside resort overlooking Trearddur Bay, just 2 miles south of , but on the opposite south-west corner of Holy Island, off the north-west coast of in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Trearddur Bay and Penrhosfeilw.

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Trearddur or is a village, seaside resort and community south of on the west coast of Holy Island off the north-west coast of in .

Village
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is a village in the community of , , Wales, which is 140.1 miles from and 227.5 miles from .

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is a small port town on Holy Island, which is narrowly separated from the larger island of , in northwest Wales. There are many things to see such as a prehistoric village on Mountain, South Stack Lighthouse and Breakwater Country Park.

Holy Island

Latitude
53.28333° or 53° 17′ north
Longitude
-4.63333° or 4° 38′ west
Population
13,700
Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)
Open location code
9C5Q79M8+8M
Geo­Names ID
2646683
Wiki­data ID
Q1831562
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Holy Island” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Holy Island (Anglesey)”
  • Basque: “Holy Island”
  • Breton: “Enez Cybi”
  • Catalan: “Ynys Gybi”
  • Cebuano: “Holy Island”
  • Chinese: “聖島”
  • Danish: “Holy Island (Anglesey)”
  • Danish: “Holy Island”
  • Dutch: “Holy Island”
  • Finnish: “Holy Island”
  • French: “Holy Island”
  • German: “Holy Island”
  • Greek: “Χόλι”
  • Irish: “Ynys Gybi”
  • Italian: “Holyhead Island”
  • Japanese: “ホリー島 (ウェールズ)”
  • Lithuanian: “Holio sala”
  • Livvi: “Ynys Gybi”
  • Northern Sami: “Ynys Gybi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Holy Island”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Holy Island i Anglesey”
  • Norwegian: “Holy Island”
  • Polish: “Holy Island”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Holy”
  • Russian: “Холи-Айленд”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Ynys Gybi”
  • Serbian: “Свето острво”
  • Slovenian: “Holy Island”
  • Spanish: “Isla Holy”
  • Swedish: “Holy Island, Wales”
  • Swedish: “Holy Island”
  • Võro: “Ynys Gybi”
  • Welsh: “Ynys Gybi”
  • “Ynys Gybi”

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