Capel Mawr

Capel Mawr is a hamlet in the community of Llangristiolus, Anglesey, Wales, which is 130.3 miles from Cardiff and 214.6 miles from London. The chapel of the same name was built in 1773.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Beuno’s Church and Din Dryfol Chambered Tomb.

St Beuno’s Church

Church

Photo: Stephen Elwyn RODDICK, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Beuno's Church, Trefdraeth is the medieval parish church of Trefdraeth, a hamlet in Anglesey, north Wales. Although one 19th-century historian recorded that the first church on this location was reportedly established in about 616, no part of any 7th-century structure survives; the oldest parts of the present building date are from the 13th century.

Din Dryfol Chambered Tomb

Photo: Alan Simkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Din Dryfol is a Neolithic burial chamber on Anglesey, in Wales. It is a scheduled monument and is maintained by Cadw. The monument is near Bethel. Three phases of use have been identified, all dating from the Neolithic period.

Bodorgan railway station

Railway station

Photo: Ansbaradigeidfran, Public domain.

Bodorgan railway station serves the hamlet of Bodorgan and the village of Bethel on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales. The stop is an unstaffed halt, and serves as a request stop for Chester and Holyhead-bound local trains along the North Wales coast. Bodorgan railway station is situated 2 miles southwest of Capel Mawr.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Trefdraeth and Cerrigceinwen.

Trefdraeth

Hamlet

Photo: Stephen Elwyn RODDICK, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Trefdraeth is a hamlet in Anglesey, Wales, within the community of Bodorgan about 5 miles southwest of the county town of Llangefni. Until 1984 Trefdraeth was its own community.

Cerrigceinwen

Hamlet

Photo: Stephen Elwyn RODDICK, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cerrigceinwen is a village in the community of Llangristiolus, Anglesey, Wales. It is also a former parish. The church was dedicated to Saint Ceinwen.

Bethel

Village

Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bethel is a relatively small and quiet village set centrally within the wider community and larger Parish of Bodorgan. The village is located inland from the south-western coast on the isle of Anglesey in North Wales.

Capel Mawr

Type: Locality
Description: village in Anglesey, Wales
Category: hamlet
Location: Llangristiolus, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.21864° or 53° 13′ 7″ north

Longitude

-4.3748° or 4° 22′ 29″ west

Elevation

230 feet (70 metres)

Open location code

9C5Q6J9G+F3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3508374245

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

10377712

Wikidata ID

Q16031511

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Capel Mawr” goes by many names.

Arabic: “كابل ماوار”
Breton: “Capel Mawr”
Dutch: “Capel Mawr”
French: “Capel Mawr”
Irish: “Capel Mawr”
Welsh: “Capel Mawr, Ynys Môn”
Welsh: “Capel Mawr”

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