PORTH EILAN and POINT LYNAS
Porth Eilian is a pleasant sheltered little bay, nestling alongside Point Lynas. The first light shone at the point in 1781 and the present lighthouse was built in 1835. A beach to the east of Point Lynas was used for transferring pilots from small sailing ‘pilot cutters’ to vessels travelling to and from Liverpool during the 19
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THE OLD TELEGRAPH STATION
Located on the top of the hill above Point Lynas, this white building replaced the semaphore station here in 1841. Such was the efficiency of the semaphore signals that a message from Liverpool to Holyhead could be received in under a minute. However electrical transmission gradually replaced the semaphore stations throughout the Country. Look out for the plaque on the wall of the building when on the walk.
COED AVENS
This area of young trees is owned by the Woodland Trust and has public access granted to it. Feel free to read the information boards there and to wander around the site.
BULL BAY / PORTH LLECHOG
‘Llechog’ refers to the rocky, stony nature of the area, but the cove may once have been named ‘Porth Llechod’ which means bay of excellent shelter. The English name ‘Bull Bay’ is thought to be more recently derived from the name of a pool on the beach called ‘Pwll y Tarw’; the bull’s pool.
Ruined Windmill.
RUINED WINDMILL
There are nearly 50 ruined windmills dotted over Anglesey. The name ‘Môn Mam Cymru’; ‘Anglesey Mother of Wales’, is derived from the fact that in medieval times the Island was considered to be the granary of Wales. There is a fully restored working mill, Llynnon Mill, at Llanddeusant.
PORTH WEN
The picturesque bay of Porth Wen houses the old brickworks, which used quartzite from the nearby cliffs to make silica bricks for the steel industry. From 1900 to 1914 the quay was at its busiest with boats exporting the material.
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PORTH EILIN a TRWYN EILIAN
Mae Porth Eilian yn fae bach cysgodol sy’n gorwedd ger Trwyn Eilian. Codwyd y goleudy cyntaf ar y trwyn ym 1781, ac fe adeiladwyd y goleudy presennol yn 1835. Defnyddiwyd traeth i’r dwyrain Trwyn Eilian i drosglwyddo peilotiaid o longau bychain (‘cutters’) i longau oedd yn teithio yn ôl a blaen o Lerpwl yn y 19eg ganrif.
YR HEN ORSAF DELIGRAFF
Weddi ei leolir ar y bryn uwchben Trwyn Eilian, yr adeilad gwyn yma gymerodd le yr hen orsaf semaffor ym 1841. ‘Roedd y semaffor yn effeithiol iawn; trosglwyddwyd neges o Gaergybi i Lerpwl mewn llai no munud. Yn draddol trosglwyddiadau trydanol i gymryd eu lle drwy’r wlad fodd bynnag. Sylwch ar y plac ar fur yr adeilad tra’n cerdded heibio.
COED AVENS
Coedlan o goed ifanc ym mherchnogaeth yr Ymddiriedolaeth Coedlannau gyda hawl mynediad i’r cyhoedd. Darllenwch y byrddau gwybodaeth.
PORTH LLECHOG / BULL BAY
Creigiog neu garegog yw ystyr ‘Llechog’ ond credir mai Porth Llechod oedd yr enw gwreiddiol – sef bae cysgodol. Credir fod ye enw saesng ddiweddarach sef ‘Bull Bay’, yn tarddu o enw pwll ar y traeth sef ‘pwll y Tarw’.
Point Lynas Lighthouse.
YR FELIN ADFEILIEDIG
Mae bron i 50 o hen felinau gwynt ym Môn. Deilliodd yr ymadrodd ‘Môn Mam Cymru’ o’r ffaith fod graen o’r Ynys yn cael ei gyflenwi i rannau helaeth o Gymru yn ystod y Oesoedd Canol. Ceir melin wynt weithredol yn Llynon, Llanddeusant.
PORTH WEN
Canfyddir yr hen waith brics ym mae hardd Porth Wen. Defnyddiwyd cwarts o’r clogwyni cyfagos i wneud briciau silica ar gyfer y diwydiant dur. Rhwng 1900 a 1914 ‘roedd y cei ar ei brysuraf gyda chychod yn allforio’r cynnyrch.
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