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Key Image Eglwys Beuno Sant/St Beuno
5 St Beunos Ct
LL54 5PE Caernarfon (Clynnog Fawr)
United Kingdom
Denomination: Anglican
Congregation: Plwyf Beuno Sant, Uwch Gwyrfai (Esgobaeth Bangor/Diocese of Bangor, Archdeaconry of Bangor, Synod Bangor)
Geogr. Coordinates: 53.021° N, 4.36516° W
Geo Location
Reference year: 1480
Architectural style: Gothic (Perpendicular)
Building type: Single-nave church
Description: Gothic single-nave church of the Perpendicular style with an adjacent chapel dedicated to St Beuno, square west tower
Name derivation: From St Beuno
Bells
  • Three bells dating from 1623, 1624 and 1924; bell frame installed 1924
Noteworthy
  • Sundial marking the canonical hours (10th to early 12th cent.)
  • “Maen Beuno” (“Beuno’s Stone”), a stone said to bear the imprints of St Beuno’s fingers
Pulpit
  • Octagonal pulpit (c. 1700)
Noteworthy
  • “Cyff Beuno” (“Beuno‘s Chest”), a wooden chest from the middle ages for collecting donations by pilgrims on their way to Bardsey Island
  • Rood screen (1531)
History:
7th cent.:   Likely foundation of a clas by St Beuno at the site of the church
978:   Vikings lay fire to a predecessor church
Late 11th cent.:   Normans lay fire to the church
About 1480:   Construction of the oldest part of the church, the east crossing
About 1500:   Construction of the nave, installation of the choir stalls
Early 16th cent.:   Addition of tower and vestry
19th cent.:   Restoration
10/04/2015:   Theft of lead worth thousands of pounds from the roof of St Beuno’s Chapel
Important persons:
Patron:  Beuno (?–640, Welsh abbot and saint)
Sources
HistoryPoints.org: St Beuno’s Church, Clynnog Fawr, http://historypoints.org/index.php?page=st-beuno-s-church-clynnog-fawr, retrieved 19/08/2018
Trewyn, Hywel: Historic St Beuno's Church in Gwynedd hit by lead thieves, Daily Post, Conwy 2015, https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/historic-st-beunos-church-gwynedd-9034620, retrieved 19/08/2018
Wikipedia: Clynnog Fawr, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clynnog_Fawr, retrieved 19/08/2018
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