Aberffraw[a] is a village and community on the south west coast of the Isle of Anglesey in Wales. The village is 9 miles from the island's county town, Llangefni, and is located on the west bank of the Afon Ffraw (Ffraw River). The community includes Soar and Dothan. Located near the A4080 and the nearest rail station is Bodorgan.
The village has a long history as a settlement from the Mesolithic Age. In modern times, during the medieval age, the site became the capital of the Kingdom of Gwynedd and acted as a royal residence for the family of the House of Aberffraw.
The name of the village is often truncated to "Berffro" in the local dialect of Welsh.[2] Local attractions include a part of the Anglesey Coastal Path, the beach and dunes at Aberffraw bay, a lake for recreational fishing, historic churches and prehistoric burial chambers.
Coast near Aberffraw
^"Aberffraw, Anglesey, Wales". aberffraw.wales. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
^Rhys, Guto (2022). Amrywiaith 2 - Blas ar dafodieithoedd Cymru (in Welsh) (1 ed.). Llanrwst: Carreg Gwalch. p. 40. ISBN 9781845278526.
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Aberffraw is a village and community on the south west coast of the Isle of Anglesey in Wales. The village is 9 miles from the island's county town, Llangefni...
The House of Aberffraw was a medieval royal court based in the village it was named after, Aberffraw, Anglesey (Wales, UK) within the borders of the then...
Principality of Wales, and the ruling House of Aberffraw maintained courts (Welsh: llysoedd) at Aberffraw and Rhosyr. After Edward I's conquest of Gwynedd...
in 1063 just prior to the Norman invasion of Wales, but the House of Aberffraw restored by Gruffudd ap Cynan slowly recovered and Llywelyn the Great...
of Aberffraw from their principal seat – from the junior branches in Deheubarth and elsewhere. Anarawd ap Rhodri (878–916) (establishes the Aberffraw dynasty...
Powys, whilst his brothers, Anarawd ap Rhodri and Cadell, established the Aberffraw dynasty in Gwynedd and the line of Dinefwr respectively. In 942 Hywel...
Bro Aberffraw is an electoral ward in the southern corner of Anglesey, Wales. It comprises the three communities of Aberffraw, Bodorgan and Rhosyr (Newborough...
Bodorgan Hall on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales. The airfield was opened as RAF Aberffraw on 1 September 1940. Its named was changed to Bodorgan on 15 May 1941...
of Aberffraw) Owain ap Tomas ap Rhodri (c. 1372–1378, Lawgoch, English: Owen the Red Hand) in exile but claimed Prince of Wales (Gwynedd, Aberffraw) Owain...
inheritance of Gwynedd and Powys. His sons founded the three dynasties of (Aberffraw for Gwynedd, Dinefwr for Deheubarth and Mathrafal for Powys). Rhodri's...
for the Aberffraw dynasty. However, Cynan himself was deposed by Aeddan ap Blegywryd in 1005. Aeddan was not himself connected to the Aberffraw family...
during the late 13th century, and Wales' final ruler of the House of Aberffraw, the Welsh Prince Llywelyn II, also the era of the House of Plantagenet...
along the northwestern margin of Twyn Aberffraw ('Aberffraw dunes') via the village of Aberffraw to Aberffraw Bay on the island's west coast. The river...
medieval Wales. It is divided between the House of Cunedda and the House of Aberffraw, and lasted from c.401 to 1283. The House of Gwynedd, divided between...
originally the territory of the native Welsh princes of the House of Aberffraw from 1216 to 1283, encompassing two-thirds of modern Wales during its...
(878–900) (house of Aberffraw) Llywelyn ap Merfyn (900–942) (house of Aberffraw) Hywel Dda (942–950) (house of Dinefwr usurped from the Aberffraw line of Manaw)...
Ímair Galloway Dunkeld Moray Sverre Balliol Bruce Stewart Somhairle Wales Aberffraw Cunedda Dinefwr Gwynedd Mathrafal Tudor Ireland Ulaid Dál Riata Érainn...
Gwynedd and the native Principality of Wales, which under the House of Aberffraw remained independent from the Kingdom of England until Edward I's conquest...
Nefyn, Pistyll, Trefor, Llithfaen , and Clynnog Fawr on the mainland, and Aberffraw, Llanddwyn and Rhosneigr on Anglesey. The Menai Strait heads north east...
Dafydd ap Llewelyn Prince of Aberffraw and Lord of Snowdon Dafydd with his father Llywelyn and half-brother Gruffudd Reign 1240–1246 Predecessor Llewelyn...
was de facto independent under a Welsh Prince of Wales (see House of Aberffraw). From 1301 it was first used as a title of the English (and later British)...
Ímair Galloway Dunkeld Moray Sverre Balliol Bruce Stewart Somhairle Wales Aberffraw Cunedda Dinefwr Gwynedd Mathrafal Tudor Ireland Ulaid Dál Riata Érainn...
'salt-marsh', the two landforms typically existing alongside one another. Aberffraw Bay Barmouth Borth Castlemartin Crymlyn Burrows (SSSI) Cymyran Bay Dyffryn...
known as Owain Cyfeiliog. Owain Gwynedd was a member of the House of Aberffraw, the senior branch of the dynasty of Rhodri the Great. His father, Gruffudd...
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