Marian-glas explained

Official Name:Marian-glas
Static Image:Henefail Cottages, Marian-Glas - geograph.org.uk - 1192008.jpg
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Static Image Caption:Henefail Cottages in Marian-glas
Coordinates:53.3346°N -4.2478°W
Os Grid Reference:SH503843
Community Wales:Llaneugrad
Unitary Wales:Anglesey
Lieutenancy Wales:Gwynedd
Country:Wales
Postcode Area:LL
Postcode District:LL73
Post Town:MARIANGLAS
Dial Code:01248
Constituency Westminster:Ynys Môn
Constituency Welsh Assembly:Ynys Môn

Marian-glas or Marianglas is a small village and post town in Anglesey, north-west Wales. It lies between the larger villages of Moelfre and Benllech and just off the A5025. There is a large caravan park on the edge of the village and several camp sites. There is a church and pub but no shop. It has a memorial to those killed in the two world wars, including a list of 17 seamen from the Merchant Navy.[1]

Marian-glas Hut Group is an unenclosed hut circle (53.3379°N -4.2516°W, SH501846). This Scheduled Ancient Monument (Cadw SAM No. AN093) is a roundhouse settlement dating at least back to Roman times. It is also called Cae Marh Hut Group. There are several huts with thick walls, some standing up to 1.4m high.[2] [3] Some of the huts' walls are now obscured by a thicket, while others are visible as wall lines in the lawns of Marianglas caravan park. The location is indicated on the ground through a signboard by the Ministry of Public Building and Works (which dates the sign to 1962–70).[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marianglas War Memorials on the Isle of Anglesey . Anglesey.info . 2013-09-02.
  2. http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/302509/details Coflein NPRN No.302509
  3. http://www.cofiadurcahcymru.org.uk/arch/gat/english/gat_interface.html Archwilio
  4. Web site: Records of the successive Works departments, and the Ancient Monuments Boards and... | The National Archives . Discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk . 2013-09-02.
  5. Web site: BBC - Cymru - Bywyd - Pobl - Hugh Griffith.