The History of Anglesey

Anglesey was one of the last places to be invaded by the Romans during the invasion of Britain in the first century AD. This is was a bloody event with the Celts and their Druidic priests recorded as presenting a terrifying spectacle to the battle hardened Roman troops.

When the Romans withdrew the influence of the Irish became strong on the Island with both raiding and settlements taking place.

For seven hundred years from the sixth century onwards Aberffraw was the most important centre of North Wales and sometimes the whole of Wales, as it was the Royal court of Deganwy.