Puffin Island Optical Telegraph Station
Puffin Island Optical Telegraph Station is a ruins in Llangoed, Anglesey, Wales. Puffin Island Optical Telegraph Station is situated nearby to the village Llanfaes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
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. Trwyn Du Lighthouse is situated 1 mile southwest of Puffin Island Optical Telegraph Station.
St Seiriol’s Well
Spring
Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Seiriol’s Well is a spring, which is situated 2 miles southwest of Puffin Island Optical Telegraph Station.
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 4 miles southwest of Puffin Island Optical Telegraph Station.
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.
Puffin Island Optical Telegraph Station
- Type: Ruins
- Category: historic site
- Location: Llangoed, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.3209° or 53° 19′ 15″ northLongitude
-4.02155° or 4° 1′ 18″ westOpen location code
9C5Q8XCH+99OpenStreetMap ID
way 1100599400OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
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