page_title: Llaneilian
section_title: Notable buildings
hierarchical_section_title: Llaneilian / Notable buildings
caption_attribution_description: English: Fifteenth-century rood screen and loft in St Eilian's Church, Llaneilian, Anglesey, Wales
context_page_description: Llaneilian is a village and community in the Welsh county of Anglesey. It is located in the north east of the island, 2.2 miles east of Amlwch, 16.5 miles north west of Menai Bridge and 12.5 miles north of Llangefni. The community includes the villages and hamlets of Dulas, Llaneilian, Pengorffwysfa, Cerrig Man and Penysarn, Gadfa and Nebo, and at the 2001 census had a population of 1,192, decreasing slightly to 1,186 at the 2011 Census. The parish is crowned by its hill, Mynydd Eilian, a HuMP, popular with walkers and ramblers, and its beach, Traeth Eilian, which is popular with holidaymakers and for watersport activities. At the north easternmost point is Point Lynas, while Ynys Dulas lies off the North East coast of the island, east of Dulas Bay.
context_section_description: Saint Eilian's Church is Grade I listed.  A Celtic clas church, it has a 12th-century tower, 14th-century chapel and a nave and chancel dating from the 15th century.  In the chancel is a 15th-century rood screen, and there are traces of post-medieval wall paintings.  A painting of a skeleton bears the inscription "Colyn angau yw pechod" (English: The sting of death is sin).  The Church is named after Saint Eilian (Eilianus). Eilian of Rome also known as Eilian of Anglesey was a 6th-century saint who came from Rome  to Britain where he lived as a hermit in the area north of Anglesey. His feast day is 13 January. The churchyard contains the war grave of a Royal Navy sailor of World War I.
  At Dulas is Saint Gwenllwyfo's Church, a mid-19th-century building designed by Henry Kennedy of Bangor.  It is Grade II* listed.  The nave and chancel contain 15th and 16th century Flemish stained glass, which had been removed from former Roman Catholic churches taken over by Protestants, who considered the images theologically unsound.  Other examples are found at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Burrell Collection in Glasgow, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The church was built to replace the medieval church of St Gwenllwyfo, which had also served the Llys Dulas settlement, although it stood over a mile away at the other end of the dispersed village. The old church is now reduced to some low stone walls within a churchyard.
  The refuge tower on Ynys Dulas was built in 1821 by James Hughes of Llysdulas as a refuge for shipwrecked sailors.  It was stocked with essential foodstuffs to enable those stranded to survive until rescuers arrived.
  Point Lynas Lighthouse is located on the northern headland. The first lighthouse was built by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board in 1779. It was replaced in 1835, and moved up onto the hilltop, so does not need a tower. It did not come under the care of Trinity House until 1973. By 2001 the lights were fully automated, so no resident staff were needed. whilst the light is retained in operational use, the building and associated lighthouse keepers cottages were returned to the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board who sold them to be a private home and holiday accommodation.
caption: 15th century rood screen and loft in St Eilian's church
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