Capel Lligwy

Capel Lligwy
The ruined chapel, showing the doorway and the 16th-century side chapel (to the right)
Capel Lligwy Location in Anglesey
53°21′09″N 4°15′23″W / 53.352429°N 4.256416°W / 53.352429; -4.256416
OS grid reference	SH 499 863
Location	Rhos Lligwy, Anglesey
Country	Wales, United Kingdom
History
Status	Chapel of ease
Founded	12th century
Dedication	Unknown
Architecture
Functional status	Ruined
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	2 September 1952
Architectural type	Church
Style	Medieval
Closed	18th century
Specifications
Materials	Rubble masonry

Capel Lligwy (sometimes referred to as Hen Gapel Lligwy) is a ruined chapel near Rhos Lligwy in Anglesey, north Wales, dating back to the first half of the 12th century. The chapel's original purpose is unknown, but it might have been used as a memorial chapel or in connection with a local royal court, or as a chapel of ease in a large parish with a growing population. It was used for a time until the early 18th century as a private place of worship for a nearby house, then later fell into disrepair. The walls still remain, with some traces of render on them internally, but there is no roof.

It contains a 16th-century side chapel with a vault beneath, used as a burial chamber. It is a Grade II listed building, a national designation given to "buildings of special interest, which warrant every effort being made to preserve them",^[1] in particular because it is "a substantially 12th-century structure" with the "unusual 16th-century vaulted south chapel".^[2]