One particularly stunning set of views of Anglesey was obtained on 11 February 2016 during a brief ridge of high pressure. Although it was raining on arrival at Caernarfon Airport, and the flight was brought to a close by heavy showers later on, for two hours Anglesey was bathed in glorious low winter sunlight with even the occasional rainbow. The flight proved valuable for documenting some of Anglesey’s stunning coastline and prehistoric monuments like Din Llugwy hut group, as well as later industrial monuments and landscapes along the north coast. The following views offer a flavour of some of the archaeological sites recorded.
Plas Gwyn prehistoric settlement and field system, on a hill to the south of Benllech, was originally discovered during Royal Commission aerial survey in 1999. The group of roundhouse footings can be seen enclosed within a polygonal boundary (AP_2016_0172). http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/300523/details/PLAS-GWYN/ |
Puffin Island or Priesttholm/ Ynys Seiriol, picked out in bright sunlight, rises like a whale from a dark winter sea (AP_2016_0199). |
A detailed shot of the solitary twelth-century church tower of the monastery on Priestholm or Puffin Island, casting a long shadow across the surrounding vegetation (AP_2016_0205). http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/527/details/CELL+OF+PENMON+PRIORY+ON+ PRIESTHOLM+ISLAND%2C+PUFFIN+ISLAND+OR+YNYS+SEIRIOL/ |
Din Lligwy Iron Age and Romano-British hut group on eastern Anglesey is one of the most accessible sites of its type in north Wales. The settlement has impressive stone-built roundhouses alongside rectangular buildings (AP_2016_0241). http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/95541/details/DIN+LLIGWY+ SETTLEMENT%2C+MOELFRE/ |
Porth Wen brickworks is a remarkably complete set of ruined industrial buildings set in a secluded cove on the north Anglesey coast (AP_2016_0337). http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/40736/details/PORTHWEN+BRICKWORKS%3 BPORTH+WEN+SILICA+BRICK+WORKS/ |
As showers move in from the north-west, the spire of St Rhuddlad’s Church, Llanrhuddlad, is highlighted by a winter rainbow (AP_2016_0387). http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/43642/details/ST+RHYDDLAD%27S+CHURCH%2C+ LLANRHYDDLAD%2C+ANGLESEY/ |
By Dr Toby Driver, Aerial Investigator
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