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Llanfihangel Din Sylwy (spelling variants include Llanfihangel Din Silwy and Llanfihangel Tyn Sylwy) is a small, coastal (former) parish in the commote of Dindaethwy in north-east Anglesey, three miles north-northwest of Beaumaris.
A scattered settlement, it is distinguished by a hillfort known as Din Sylwy or
Llanfihangel Din Sylwy (spelling variants include Llanfihangel Din Silwy and Llanfihangel Tyn Sylwy) is a small, coastal (former) parish in the commote of Dindaethwy in north-east Anglesey, three miles north-northwest of Beaumaris.
A scattered settlement, it is distinguished by a hillfort known as Din Sylwy or Bwrdd Arthur
Bwrdd Arthur (meaning "Arthur's Table"), also known as Din Sylwy, is a flat-topped limestone hill on the island of Anglesey, in Wales. Located on the eastern end of Red Wharf Bay, some 3 kilometres north west of Llangoed, it is noteworthy from ...
and by a late medieval church dedicated to St. Michael
Michael (; he, מִיכָאֵל, lit=Who is like El od, translit=Mīḵāʾēl; el, Μιχαήλ, translit=Mikhaḗl; la, Michahel; ar, ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل, translit=Mīkāʾīl, Mīkāl, Mīkhāʾīl), also ...
(Welsh
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* Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peopl ...
: ''Mihangel''). The hillfort constitutes a relatively flat but partly overgrown area, 600 yards from the Irish Sea. Two entrances have been detected. The small fifteenth-century church consists of a simple nave and chancel and preserves a number of original features.
See also
* List of Scheduled Monuments in Anglesey * List of hillforts in WalesSources
*''Anglesey: A survey and Inventory by the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire'', 1937, reprinted 1968. * Archaeological sites in Anglesey Hillforts in Anglesey Villages in Anglesey Llanddona {{Anglesey-geo-stub