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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Penmon Priory and ChurchCountry: Wales County: Anglesey Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Beaumaris Nearest Village: Penmon
Map Ref: SH630807
Latitude: 53.305473N Longitude: 4.05748W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Klingon visited on 24th Oct 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5
coin visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 5
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 5 Access: 5
Penmon Church is still in use, so is open subject to services; the adjacent priory is ruinous and access all the time. A sizeable parking area is obvious upon getting there.
On entering the church, if it is cloudy outside, you may wish to locate the lights. It was dim on a cloudy February day on our visit, and difficult to see much of worth. On entering the church, turn left, and there is a sliding screen door that goes to the right. Once through here, to the right are some heavy curtains; the light switches are just behind these on the wall! (make sure to turn them off before leaving).
Once the lights are on, the first cross in the south transept of the church (opposite the curtain) becomes more visible. This is likely 10th Century, with Irish and Scandinavian influences, and probably carved from a school of craftsmen in the Cheshire area. The font to the west of the building may have been the original base of the cross.
The other cross is prominently set at the side of the nave, with probably the same origins and period. There is an extremely faint carving, thought to be St Anthony's temptation, with accompanying beast-headed demons. This cross was placed in here in 1977, having been some way off outside.
There are numerous carvings about the nave of the church which make for intriguing study, and on the outside of the south western end of the church, above a door, is a carving of a self-consuming beast (dragon?).
The 12th Century Cross is in the Augustinian Priory, just on the left through an entrance furthest away from the parking.
The area was a special, holy place, from at least the 6th Century, with St Seiriol's residence and well being a couple minutes walk away.
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