Trwyn Du
Trwyn Du is a point in Wales, United Kingdom. Trwyn Du is situated nearby to the hamlet Caim, as well as near the village Glan-yr-afon.Places of Interest
Highlights include Puffin Island and Trwyn Du Lighthouse.
Puffin Island
Islet
Photo: Bencherlite, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Puffin Island is an uninhabited island off the eastern tip of Anglesey, Wales. It was formerly known as Priestholm in English. A hermitage was established here around the 6th century, and there are remains of a 12th-century monastery on the island.
Trwyn Du Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: GeraintTudur2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Trwyn Du Lighthouse, also known as Penmon Lighthouse, is a lighthouse between Black Point near Penmon and Ynys Seiriol, or Puffin Island, at the eastern extremity of Anglesey, marking the passage between the two islands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Penmon and Llanfaes.
Penmon
Photo: Penmonista, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Penmon is a promontory, village and ecclesiastical parish on the eastern tip of the Isle of Anglesey in Wales, about 3 miles east of the town of Beaumaris.
Llanfaes
Village
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Llanfaes is a small village on the island of Anglesey, Wales, located on the shore of the eastern entrance to the Menai Strait, the tidal waterway separating Anglesey from the north Wales coast. Llanfaes is situated 3½ miles southwest of Trwyn Du.
Beaumaris
Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beaumaris is a town in east Anglesey in Wales. Beaumaris's shore borders the Menai Strait separating Anglesey from the British mainland. Its population is somewhere around 2000 people.
Trwyn Du
- Type: Point
- Also known as: “Helygonpoint” and “Trwyn-du-Point”
- Category: landform
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.31667° or 53° 19′ northLongitude
-4.03333° or 4° 2′ westOpen location code
9C5Q8X88+MMGeoNames ID
2650888
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