St Mary's Church

St Mary's Church is in a rural and thinly populated part of Anglesey, about 4.25 km northeast of Aberffraw and about 3.75 km southwest of Gwalchmai. The date of foundation of the church is unknown. The nave is the oldest part of the church, possibly built in the 12th century. Later changes saw the rebuilding of the chancel (in the late 16th century) and the addition of a chapel on the south side of the building (in the 17th century). who hold a 999-year lease effective from 19 November 1999. Services are held in the church on one Sunday afternoon per month between May and October.

The church was constructed using rubble masonry with boulder quoins. The floor is laid with flagstones throughout, and the roof has modern slates. The side chapel has rectangular windows in the east and west walls from the 17th century; a narrow stone bench runs along the west and south walls of the chapel. The church now houses a 15th-century octagonal font made of gritstone, positioned on an octagonal stem. The communion rails are dated 1764 and is of a simple design; the pulpit, also 18th-century, has recessed panels. There are stone benches along the north and south walls of the nave. Many of the pews, which dated from the 18th century, were vandalised or stolen after the church was…