. The earth and its inhabitants ... ANGLESEY. 63 Mountain, a couple of miles to the south of the town. They were discoyered in1768. Holyhead (Caer Gybi), on a smaller island lying off the west coast ofAnglesey, to which it is joined by a railway embankment and an old bridge, hasattained considerable importance as the nearest port to Ireland. Holyhead mayalmost be called an outport of London, and engineering works on a large scalehave been completed to adapt it to the requirements of the increasing tradebetween England and Ireland, and as a harbour of refuge for vessels trading toLiverpool. Two
. The earth and its inhabitants ... ANGLESEY. 63 Mountain, a couple of miles to the south of the town. They were discoyered in1768. Holyhead (Caer Gybi), on a smaller island lying off the west coast ofAnglesey, to which it is joined by a railway embankment and an old bridge, hasattained considerable importance as the nearest port to Ireland. Holyhead mayalmost be called an outport of London, and engineering works on a large scalehave been completed to adapt it to the requirements of the increasing tradebetween England and Ireland, and as a harbour of refuge for vessels trading toLiverpool. Two breakwaters, with a total length of 9,860 feet, planned byJ. M. Eendel, and completed by Sir J. Hawksley in 1873, protect a harbour withan area of 267 acres. They are built upon rubble mounds, 250 feet wide at the Fig. 31.—HoLïHEAD 1 : 50, Depth under 5 Fathoms. .5 to 10 ^_^_ Haifa Mile. Over 10 iathoms. surface of the water, and their solid walls, to a height of 38 feet, form anoble promenade. The stones for these works were furnished by the neighbouringhills. Mariners may well have bestowed the epithet of Holy upon so con-spicuous a promontory, even though a monastery had not been established at itsfoot until the seventh century after Christ. A fine lighthouse rises at the head ofthe breakwater, which, with the light on the Skerries, 6 miles to the north of it,points out the road to Liverpool. Llangefni and Llanerchijmedd are the principal towns in the interior of theisland, the former having collieries, whilst the latter is famous for its cattle fairsand snuff. A remarkable cromlech, known as Arthurs Quoit, stands near it. 64 THE BRITISH ISLES. Merionethshire (Meieionyod) is perhaps the most mountainous countj- ofall Wales, although Cader Idris and its otlicr summits are inferior in height toSaowdon.
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