Porth Wen
Hidden from the road, and accessible only by footpath lies Porth Wen. A place of quietude now, it was in the late 19th century a brickworks. The bricks were made from the local quartzite, and were used primarily as firebricks in furnaces. The bricks were exported from the works' own harbour. Manufacture ceased in about 1914, and the works have been abandoned to nature. The significance of the works is recognised by the fact they were given listed building status.
Access to the site is not easy, and is potentially dangerous. We therefore suggest viewing Port Wen from the headland.
Porth China
Located on the northern coast, the ruined buildings of Porth China are all that remain of a nineteenth century china clay industry.
Point Lynas
On Anglesey's top right corner is the headland known as Point Lynas. At its tip is Point Lynas lighthouse, which is unusual because the light room is almost at ground level. Having said that, its elevated position on the headland given the light a range of 20 nautical miles. The lighthouse was automated in 1989, and has an automatic fog warning system which comes into operation if visibility falls below 2.5 miles. The lighthouse was built in 1835 by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board to facilitate the passage of shipping into Liverpool, and responsibility for its operation passed to Trinity House in 1973. The lighthouse, telegraph station and accommodation blocks are Grade 2 listed structures.
Pentre Berw
Pentre Berw or the watercress village, a name thought to relate to the marshy conditions surrounding it. Pentre Berw was once a village on the main London to Holyhead A5 road, but was by-passed by the A55 in 2001.
Pentre Berw is unique on Anglesey, inasmuch as coal was mined here, and in no other place.