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Key Image Eglwys Sant Eilian/St Eilian’s Church
Penysarn
LL68 9LS Amlwch (Llaneilian)
United Kingdom
Denomination: Anglican
Congregation: (Esgobaeth Bangor/Diocese of Bangor, Archdeaconry of Bangor, Synod Ynys Môn)
Geogr. Coordinates: 53.41062° N, 4.30363° W
Geo Location
Reference year: 1150
Description: Predominantly Gothic single-nave church with square Roman west tower and an attached chapel for St Eilian
Name derivation: From St Eilian
Building material
  • Tower from undressed random or roughly-coursed local stone, chamfered offsets of sandstone, slated roof; leaded roof on the nave
Noteworthy
  • Oak rood screen (15th or early 16th cent.)
  • Choir stalls of oak (late 15th cent.)
  • Coloured wooden corbel statues in nave and chancel (late 15th cent.)
History:
6th cent.:   Foundation of a monastic “clas” community by St Eilian
Mid- 12th cent.:   Construction of the church (west tower still remaining)
Late 14th cent.:   (or early 15th cent.) Construction of St Eilian’s Chapel over the traditional resting place of St Eilian
About 1490:   Rebuilding of nave and chancel
Early 16th cent.:   Addition of the porch in front of the south entrance
Late 19th cent.:   Restoration
2002:   Modern restoration
Important persons:
Patron:  Eilian (Welsh hermit, fl. 6th cent.)
Dimensions:
Tower Height [m]:  15.06
Nave Span [m]:  7.37
Sources
Longley, David: St Eilian’s Church Llaneilian – Archaeological Recording, Gwynedd Archaeological Trust, Bangor 2005, http://www.walesher1974.org/her/groups/GAT/media/GAT_Reports/GATreport_559_compressed.pdf, retrieved 13/06/2018
Wicipedia: Eilian, https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eilian, retrieved 13/06/2018
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