Island of the Four Millennia

Super-8
CinemaScope
Stereophonic Sound

Running Time 16 minutes

The entrance to the burial chamber
at Bryn Celli Ddu

Nearly four thousand years ago people buried their dead in chambered cairns with heavy capstones to protect their ancestors. One such is at Bryn Celli Ddu on the island of Anglesey on the north-west coastline of Wales.
The history of this island goes back to the time of the Neolithic tribes and from then on is a fascinating glimpse into the story of the island through the Roman occupation, the Middle Ages, with the building of Beaumaris Castle by Edward I and the coming of the railways.

The nave at
Penmon Church

The building of the Menai Bridge to carry the road and the Britannia Bridge to take the railway was the opening up of the island. The Britannia Bridge now also carries the busy main road from north Wales to Holyhead.

Four thousand years of history include the hut village at Din Llugwy; Plas Newydd, the home of the first Marquess of Anglesey; the story of the lifeboat at Moelfre and the market at Llangefni.

Anglesey is a fascinating island of great antiquity.