Pentre Berw

Coordinates: 53°13′31″N 4°17′17″W / 53.2252°N 4.2881°W / 53.2252; -4.2881
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Pentre-Berw
Anglesey
OS grid referenceSH 473 722
• Cardiff129 mi (208 km)
• London211 mi (340 km)
Community
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGaerwen
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
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Anglesey
53°13′31″N 4°17′17″W / 53.2252°N 4.2881°W / 53.2252; -4.2881

Pentre Berw (Welsh pronunciationⓘ) is a small village located on the island of Anglesey in north Wales. It lies about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the county town of Llangefni, and next to Gaerwen.

Description

The

marshes Cors Ddyga on the Eastern side and Cors Malltraeth on the Western side of the Afon Cefni or Afon Fawr can be seen from the high ridge called Poncia Berw and Creigiau Coed on either side of the A55 and A5. This ridge running from Cardigan Bay across Anglesey to the North Sea is called the Berw Fault.[1]

Plas Berw, Anglesey. Engraving from Archaelogia Cambrensis, 1868, p96

Berw and Esceifiog were termed as medieval townships.

CADW
within a fortnight sending two inspectors to Pentre Berw to inspect the site. D.G.Pritchard local representative of the AAS testified to the importance of listing the colliery. The site was listed by CADW and the buildings were reinforced and anchored by, RSPB (Cymru), Cadw and Rural Wales Council. The remains of the old Plas Berw was reinforced by the owners and CADW and the old church - Llanfihangel Pentre Berw was also restored and anchored by a grant from CADW. (Cadw report 2012) The colliery lies in RSPB Cors Ddyga which was opened to the public on 18 July 2017.

Llanfihangel Ysceifiog (St Michael's church), although ruined, is a good example of a traditional Welsh church. It is situated just north of the village.[3]

Plas Berw

deer park. The grounds are listed as Grade II* on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.[7]

References

  1. ^ Greenly 'Geology of Anglesey'
  2. ^ 'Medieval Anglesey' Prof. Anthony Carr
  3. ^ A short essay with pictures about the church at anglesey.info
  4. ^ J W...., “Berw and the Hollands”, Archaelogia Cambrensis, 1868, pp97-130
  5. ^ A short description of the house from The Independent, February 15th 2003[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ Cadw. "Plas Berw with courtyard and walls". Historic Wales. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
  7. National Historic Assets of Wales
    . Retrieved 6 February 2023.

External links

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