Plan: Penmon Priory

PLAN: Penmon Priory by G. G. H. [G. Geoffrey Holme, Bryn Afon, Penmon]

The original monastery of Penmon was reputedly founded in the 6th century AD by St Seiriol, the preacher and friend of St Cybi. The site prospered, and in the 10th century crosses were erected at the gates, although Viking raids have destroyed all other evidence from this early period. In the 12th century, during the revival led by Owain Gwynedd and Gruffydd ap Cynan, the abbey church was rebuilt. What is visible today is the most complete example of a church of this period in Gwynedd. By 1414 Penmon had become an Augustian priory and had survived the Edwardian conquest, but was eventually dissolved in 1538 when the site passed to the Bulkeleys of Beaumaris.

The monastic buildings date from the 13th century and are found on the south and west sides of the cloister-court, although excavations in 1923 revealed what was probably the remains of the enclosing eastern wall of the cloister walk. The southern range was built in the 13th century and consists of a first floor refectory which was reached by an external stairway. It has a dormitory above and a cellar below. A two-storey warming house and kitchen building was added to the eastern end of this in the 16th century. The Prior's lodging forms the western side of the cloister-court, and is thought to have been originally constructed in the 16th or 17th centuries, although it was modified by the Bulkeley family in the 18th century when it became a private house.

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Compiled by Hayden Burns for Archifau Ynys Môn / Anglesey Archives

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