Gwynedd Archaeological Trust
Regional Historic Environment Record

Capel Llangadog, Site Of, Dulas

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 2114
Trust : Gwynedd
Community : Llaneilian
Unitary authority : Ynys Mon
NGR : SH46568772
Site Type (preferred type first) : EARLY MEDIEVAL CHAPEL

Description :
Capel Llangadog (site of). <1>

We have no information as to who St. Euddog or Eiddog was but he is invoked as one of the saints of Anglesey in a poem written circa 1600. <2>

Capel Euddog by Dulas 1 mile SW of Church. Demolished, the stones used for farm buildings. The water stoup used as a pig trough is preserved at Lligwy. <3>

The site of Capel Llangadoc, a little over a mile SW of St. Gwenllwyfos church is marked only by irregularities of the ground. <4>

No trace on RAF APs. <5>

Disturbed ground at SH 4656 8774 probably represents the site of Capel Llangadog (local usage). To the south is a crescentic scarp slope up to 1.0 metres high, representing the remains of the enclosing bank of the chapel yard. Surveyed at 1:2500. <6>

Cappel Euddog. Demolished and the stones used for farm-buildings. The water stoup, used as a pig trough, is preserved at Lligwy. (Baynes 1921 , No. 55). The site of Cape I Llangadoc, a little over a mile SW of St Gwenllwyfo's church is marked only by iregularities of the ground (RCAHMW 1937, 115). Disturbed ground at SH46568774 probably represents the site of Cape! Llangadog, (local usage). To the south is a crescentic scarp slope, up to 1.0 m high, representing the remains of the enclosing bank of the chapel yard (OS SH48NE 1, Visited in 1970). (Davidson, 2004).

Sources :
Davidson, A. , 2004 , Deserted Ecclesiastical Sites in North-West Wales: A Threat Related Archaeological Assessment ( © GAT)
Waddington, K. , 2010 , Early Celtic Societies in North Wales
Waddington, K. , 2013 , The Settlements of Northwest Wales: From the Late Bronze Age to the Early Medieval Period
Walker, D. , 1985-1988 , Notes on the Position of Ecclesiastical Sites on Anglesey
Walker, D. , 1985-1988 , Parish Church Index Cards
Ordnance Survey , 1963 , SH48 , <1>
Baring-Gould, S. & Fisher, J. , 1913 , Lives of the British Saints , <2>
Neil Baynes, E. , 1920 , Transactions of the Anglesey Antiquarian Society , <3>
Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments , 1937 , Anglesey , <4>
Ordnance Survey , 1967 , SH48NE 1 , <5>
Ordnance Survey , 1970 , SH48NE 1 , <6>
Thompson, D. , 1988 , PRN 2114 , <7>

Events :
44557 : Early Celtic Societies in North Wales (year : 2010)
40569 : Deserted Ecclesiastical Sites in North-west Wales: a Threat-related Archaeological Assessment (year : 2004)

Related records
GAT Historic Environment Record PRN 8118 https://archwilio.org.uk/arch/query/page.php?watprn=GAT8118
National Monuments Record Wales NPRN 43569 https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/43569/

Compiled date : 12-01-1987


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