Porth Castell
Porth Castell is a beach in Wales, United Kingdom. Porth Castell is situated nearby to the shipyard Trearddur Bay Sailing Club, as well as near the nature reserve Porth Diana SSSI.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Trefignath Chambered Tomb and Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station.
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 1½ miles north of Porth Castell.
Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station is located in Trearddur, a village and seaside resort overlooking Trearddur Bay, just 2 miles south of Holyhead, but on the opposite south-west corner of Holy Island, off the north-west coast of Anglesey in Wales. Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station is situated 3,300 feet north of Porth Castell.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trearddur Bay and Four Mile Bridge.
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.
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 1½ miles east of Porth Castell.
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.
Porth Castell
- Type: Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.27161° or 53° 16′ 18″ northLongitude
-4.62203° or 4° 37′ 19″ westOpen location code
9C5Q79CH+J5OpenStreetMap ID
way 1393358064OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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In Other Languages
“Porth Castell” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Porth Castell”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Trearddur Bay Sailing Club and Porth Diana SSSI.
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