St Gallgo’s Church, Llanallgo
St Gallgo's Church, Llanallgo is a small church near the village of Llanallgo, on the east coast of Anglesey, north Wales. The chancel and transepts, which are the oldest features of the present building, date from the late 15th century, but there has been a church on the site since the 6th or early 7th century, making it one of the oldest Christian sites in Anglesey.Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church in Anglesey, UK
- Also known as: “Eglwys Llanallgo”
- Postal code: LL72 8NE
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Paradwys Chapel and Din Llugwy Romano-British Village.
Paradwys Chapel
Church
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Paradwys Chapel is a church, which is situated 1,600 feet northeast of St Gallgo’s Church, Llanallgo.
Din Llugwy Romano-British Village
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Din Lligwy hut circle is an ancient village site near the east coast of Anglesey, close to the village of Moelfre, North Wales. Excavations in 1905–1907 produced hundreds of Roman-period pot sherds of the 3rd and 4th centuries CE, many repaired with iron clamps. Din Llugwy Romano-British Village is situated 3,800 feet northwest of St Gallgo’s Church, Llanallgo.
Llugwy Chambered Tomb
Archaeological site
Photo: Kate Heath, CC BY 2.0.
Lligwy Burial Chamber is a Neolithic burial chamber in Lligwy, near the east coast of Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom. It consists of a circle of upright stones, made into a low chamber by a very large roof slab estimated at 25 tonnes. Llugwy Chambered Tomb is situated 3,200 feet north of St Gallgo’s Church, Llanallgo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llanallgo and Marianglas.
Llanallgo
Hamlet
Photo: Keith Williamson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanallgo is a small village a mile from the coast of the island of Anglesey. The community is in the community of Moelfre, Anglesey, Wales, which is 136.4 miles from Cardiff and 214.9 miles from London. St Gallgo's Church, contains a memorial to hundreds lost when the Royal Charter bound from Australia to Liverpool hit the nearby Moelfre rocks.
Marianglas
Village
Photo: Keith Williamson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marian-glas or Marianglas is a small village in Anglesey, north-west Wales. It lies between the larger villages of Moelfre and Benllech and just off the A5025.
Brynteg
Village
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brynteg is a crossroads village on the Isle of Anglesey, North Wales. It is part of the community of Llanfair-Mathafarn-Eithaf. Brynteg is situated 1½ miles south of St Gallgo’s Church, Llanallgo.
St Gallgo’s Church, Llanallgo
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Moelfre, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.34118° or 53° 20′ 28″ northLongitude
-4.25246° or 4° 15′ 9″ westOpen location code
9C5Q8PRX+F2OpenStreetMap ID
way 517621793OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q7593108
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Welsh—“St Gallgo’s Church, Llanallgo” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه سانت جالجو”
- Welsh: “Eglwys Sant Allgo, Llanallgo”
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