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Holy Island, Anglesey

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Holy Island (Ynys Gybi, 'the island of (Saint) Cybi') is an island on the western side of the larger Isle of Anglesey, Wales, from which it is separated by a narrow, winding channel. [1]

38 relations: A5 road (Great Britain), A55 road, Anglesey, Anglesey Coastal Path, Beach, Beddmanarch–Cymyran, Britannia, Cadwallon Lawhir ap Einion, Chamber tomb, Chester, Cunedda, Cybi, Dublin Port, End of Roman rule in Britain, Four Mile Bridge, Habitat, Holyhead, Holyhead Mountain, Holyhead railway station, Ireland, Irish Sea, Island, London, Marsh, Menhir, Mudflat, Neolithic, North Stack, Piracy, Republic of Ireland, Rhoscolyn, South Stack, South Stack Lighthouse, Stanley Embankment, Trearddur, United Kingdom census, 2011, Wales, Welsh people.

A5 road (Great Britain)

The A5 London Holyhead Trunk Road is a major road in England and Wales.

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A55 road

The A55, also known as the North Wales Expressway (Welsh: Gwibffordd Gogledd Cymru) is a major road in Britain.

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Anglesey

Anglesey (Ynys Môn) is an island situated on the north coast of Wales with an area of.

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Anglesey Coastal Path

The Anglesey Coastal Path (formally the Isle of Anglesey Coastal Path) is a long-distance footpath around the island of Anglesey in North Wales.

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Beach

A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles.

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Beddmanarch–Cymyran

Beddmanarch–Cymyran is a site of special scientific interest (SSSI) on Anglesey extending to just over, and is centred on the Cymyran Strait.

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Britannia

Britannia has been used in several different senses.

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Cadwallon Lawhir ap Einion

Cadwallon ap Einion (c. 460-534; reigned from c. 500), usually known as Cadwallon Lawhir ('Long Hand') and also called Cadwallon I by some historians, was a king of Gwynedd.

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Chamber tomb

A chamber tomb is a tomb for burial used in many different cultures.

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Chester

Chester (Caer) is a walled city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales.

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Cunedda

Cunedda ap Edern or Cunedda Wledig (5th century) was an important early Welsh leader, and the progenitor of the royal dynasty of Gwynedd.

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Cybi

Saint Cybi (in Welsh) or Saint Cuby (in Cornish) was a 6th-century Cornish bishop, saint and, briefly, king, who worked largely in North Wales: his biography is recorded in two slightly variant medieval 'lives'.

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Dublin Port

Dublin Port (Calafort Átha Cliath) is a seaport in Dublin, Ireland, of both historical and contemporary economic importance.

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End of Roman rule in Britain

The end of Roman rule in Britain was the transition from Roman Britain to post-Roman Britain.

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Four Mile Bridge

Four Mile Bridge (Pontrhydybont / Pont-rhydbont / Pontrhypont) is a village and bridge across the Cymyran Strait in Wales.

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Habitat

In ecology, a habitat is the type of natural environment in which a particular species of organism lives.

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Holyhead

Holyhead (Caergybi, "Cybi's fort") is a town in Wales and a major Irish Sea port serving Ireland.

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Holyhead Mountain

Holyhead Mountain (Mynydd Tŵr in Welsh: from (pen)twr, meaning "tower") is the highest mountain on Holy Island, Anglesey, and the highest in the county of Anglesey, north Wales.

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Holyhead railway station

Holyhead railway station (Gorsaf reilffordd Caergybi) serves the Welsh town of Holyhead (Caergybi) on Holy Island, Anglesey.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic.

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Irish Sea

The Irish Sea (Muir Éireann / An Mhuir Mheann, Y Keayn Yernagh, Erse Sea, Muir Èireann, Ulster-Scots: Airish Sea, Môr Iwerddon) separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain; linked to the Celtic Sea in the south by St George's Channel, and to the Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland in the north by the Straits of Moyle.

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Island

An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Marsh

A marsh is a wetland that is dominated by herbaceous rather than woody plant species.

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Menhir

A menhir (from Brittonic languages: maen or men, "stone" and hir or hîr, "long"), standing stone, orthostat, lith or masseba/matseva is a large manmade upright stone.

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Mudflat

Mudflats or mud flats, also known as tidal flats, are coastal wetlands that form when mud is deposited by tides or rivers.

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Neolithic

The Neolithic was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 10,200 BC, according to the ASPRO chronology, in some parts of Western Asia, and later in other parts of the world and ending between 4500 and 2000 BC.

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North Stack

North Stack (Welsh: Ynys Arw, meaning "rugged island") is a small island situated just off Holy Island on the north-west coast of Anglesey.

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Piracy

Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and other valuable items or properties.

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Republic of Ireland

Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a sovereign state in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland.

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Rhoscolyn

Rhoscolyn is a village located on Holy Island, Anglesey, Wales.

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South Stack

South Stack (Ynys Lawd) is an island situated just off Holy Island on the northwest coast of Anglesey.

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South Stack Lighthouse

The South Stack Lighthouse is built on the summit of a small island off the north-west coast of Holy Island, Anglesey, Wales.

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Stanley Embankment

The Stanley Embankment (known locally as the Cob) is a railway, road and cycleway embankment that connects the Island of Anglesey and Holy Island, Wales.

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Trearddur

Trearddur or Trearddur Bay (Welsh: Bae Trearddur) is a community, village and seaside resort south of Holyhead on the west coast of Holy Island off the north-west coast of Anglesey in Wales.

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United Kingdom census, 2011

A census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Welsh people

The Welsh (Cymry) are a nation and ethnic group native to, or otherwise associated with, Wales, Welsh culture, Welsh history, and the Welsh language.

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History of Holy Island, Anglesey, Holyhead Island, Ynys Cybi.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Island,_Anglesey

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