MÔN MAM CYMRU: the Guide to Anglesey—by Philip Steele & Robert Williams
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£16.95 (immediately sent to you FIRST CLASS within the UK)
This in-depth award winning English-language guidebook to Anglesey is the only one of its kind. It has more than three hundred full-colour illustrations, including artists’ reconstruction drawings of many of the island’s ancient sites. There are three parts to the book – an introduction sets the scene, a detailed gazetteer covers every part of the island, and a directory section presents a classified listing of things to do and places to see. There are many inset features, including a series of profiles of the island’s notable people and its natural history. Three longer articles summarise Anglesey’s seafaring history, its architecture and its cultural heritage. A fold-out map is included.
Accommodation listings are not included in the guidebook. The island’s tourist brochure provides up-to-date information about where to stay. Telephone the Tourist Information Centre – 01248 713177 – for your free copy of the 2010 edition.
“This is the third edition of this guide to Anglesey and it maintains its position as by far the best one available – an introduction to Anglesey in all its variety.
“Highly recommended … read before a visit it will be an excellent preparation and after a visit it can be studied at leisure.”
— from a review in the ‘Transactions’ of the Anglesey Antiquarian Society & Field Club.
The 264-page guide, in a pocketbook format 123mm wide x 220mm high, has a durable softback binding.
(The book‘s cover shows a carved sandstone Ancient Celtic head – photographed where it was discovered in southern Anglesey but now kept in the island’s museum, Oriel Ynys Môn near Llangefni.)
Many Anglesey businesses stock this book for resale. Please telephone Robert Williams 01248 810833 to enquire about trade terms or CLICK HERE to send an e-mail
Anglesey: Past Landscapes of the CoastPhotographs by Mick Sharp & Jean Williamson, and with text by Frances Lynch
£19.95 (plus £2.75 postage within UK)
The dramatic coastal landscapes of the island are documented in this excellent pictorial record of the history of Anglesey's coast, from prehistoric times to the present day.
The fact that Anglesey is an island has been crucial to its history – its coastal fringe has been the scene of prehistoric fishing and oyster catching, Neolithic tombs and Bronze Age round barrows, Roman-influenced villas, Irish incursions, a Norman motte and bailey at Aberlleiniog (and now with public access), the last of the great Edwardian castles (at Beaumaris), the nineteenth century development of Holyhead into one of Britain’s major ports, and the growth of sustainable energy in the form of wind turbines in recent years.
Includes an introduction and index.
Large-format hardback, 144 pages, with 148 colour and black & white illustrations.
Frances Lynch is also the author of Prehistoric Anglesey: the archaeology of the island to the Roman conquest
Beaumaris: the town’s story—by Philip Steele & Robert Williams
£9.95 (plus £1 postage within UK)
Seven centuries ago the south east coast of the island of Anglesey was a powerful centre of Welsh culture and rule. Invaders from England decided to build an impregnable fortress in this Welsh heartland. On a ‘beautiful marsh’—‘Beau Marais’—a castle rose next to the sea.
Today, the little town of Beaumaris is one of the treasures of Britain.
An eventful history and a spectacular setting bring visitors from all over the world to see the World Heritage site for themselves. The story in this book—in words and many pictures—tells of Welsh princes and medieval knights, farmers and fishermen, bards and battles.
“This is an excellent introduction to one of the most interesting historic towns in Wales.
It is the illustrations above all which make this such an attractive book; they are varied, well chosen and well reproduced. They include reproductions of documents, topographical prints and old and recent photographs.
“… This is a high-quality publication in which the image and the written word complement each other and it deserves to succeed.”
— from a review in the ‘Transactions’ of the Anglesey Antiquarian Society.
48 pages, 210mm wide x 205mm high. Full colour throughout.
Bilingual (English/Cymraeg).
Includes a pull-out guide describing a half-hour walking tour of the town’s principal buildings and attractions.
AngleseyA Guide to the Ancient Monuments on the Isle of Anglesey
—by M J Yates & David Longley. Paperback, 48 pages
CADW: Welsh Historic Monuments, ISBN 978-1857601428
£2.95 (plus £1 postage within UK)
(Cadw: Welsh Historic Monuments, is the department of the National Assembly of Wales that conserves ancient monuments and historic buildings in public ownership.)