Afon Braint

Afon Braint (Afon Braint)
River
The stepping stones across Afon Braint
Country	Wales
Source	Pentraeth
- coordinates	53°17′4″N 4°9′57″W / 53.28444°N 4.16583°W
Mouth	Menai Strait
- coordinates	53°8′52″N 4°20′18″W / 53.14778°N 4.33833°WCoordinates: 53°8′52″N 4°20′18″W / 53.14778°N 4.33833°W

Afron Braint is a small tidal river on Anglesey, North Wales. There is a series of stepping stones near to the village of Dwyran, and a Grade II bridge near Penmynydd.

Description

The Afron Braint is a tidal river located in the south east of the island of Anglesey, North Wales.^[1] It rises in the hills to the south of Pentraeth Forest, east of Pentraeth and south-west of Llanddona; travels west-south-west roughly parallel with the Menai Strait passing north-west of Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll; and runs parallel and to the north of the A4080 road until at Dwyran it passes beneath the road and turns south-west. Its mouth sits at the south-west end of the Menai Straits, at the north of the Newborough Warren dunes, south of Dwyran and south-east of Pen-Lôn.

The river name derives from Brigantia, a goddess in Celtic (Gallo-Roman and Romano-British) religion of Late Antiquity.^[2]

The prehistoric Bryn Celli Ddu, considered to be one of Wales's finest passage graves,^[3] is located 200 metres (660 ft) from the river.^[4] Near to the village of Dwyran, there is a series of large limestone stepping stones across the river.^[1] There is a Grade II listed bridge in close proximity to Penmynydd.^[5]

In 2004, the river flooded causing disruption to the train services on the Holyhead to Chester line at the Llanfairpwllgwyngyll crossing.^[6] A tugboat has been named after the river; the Afon Braint was delivered to the Holyhead Towing Company in April 2005.^[7]

Notes

1. Plant 2014, p. 82.
2. Hughes, Kristoffer. The Book of Celtic Magic: Transformative Teachings from the Cauldron of Awen. Llewellyn Worldwide, 8 Aug 2014.
3. coflein NPRN: 93827, RCAHMW, accessed 12 June 2014
4. Cummings & Whittle 2004, p. 51.
5. "Bridge over the Afon Braint, Penmynydd". British Listed Building. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
6. Jones, Ceri (16 October 2004). "Brace Yourself for Wet Wednesday". Western Mail. Retrieved 16 April 2016 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
7. "'Afon Braint' - the Latest of a Successful Breed". Maritime Journal. 1 May 2005. Retrieved 16 April 2016.

References

• Cummings, Vicki; Whittle, A.W.R. (2004). Places of Special Virtue: Megaliths in the Neolithic Landscapes of Wales. Oxford: David Brown Book Company. ISBN 978-1-84217-108-0.
• Plant, Steve (2014). A Wander Around Wales. Peterborough: FastPrint Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78035-761-4.

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