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stones and cross. The carving is defaced and difficult to make out. A wheel head, an early
Christian monument, has also been found at the church. The lower half of the wheel is triple-beaded and of Celtic-style, the head contains arm ends in square or hammer shaped style, while the detailing on the
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St Caffo's Church was constructed in 1846 to replace the previous medieval church on the site. The new building includes a number of monuments from the old church, and has a spire which is a prominent local landmark. The churchyard has part of a stone cross dating from the 9th or 10th century, and
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The lintel of the church's northern doorway consists of a tomb-stone 6 feet (1.8 m) long, bearing a poorly-incised cross, plain and with the arms gradually widened. In the churchyard, there is a mutilated cross on a crude pedestal, now used as a sundial, on the front of which is sculptured a
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The primary school Ysgol
Llangaffo ("Llangaffo School"), opened in 1854, was located along the main road in the heart of the village before its closure in 2019, having merged with 3 other schools on the Isle of Anglesey to form a 'super-school' in Ysgol Santes Dwynwen in
478:, a designation given to "buildings of special interest, which warrant every effort being made to preserve them", in particular because it is regarded as "a mid 19th-century rural church, consistently articulated and detailed in an Early English style".
332:, is named after him. A war memorial, a village hall and a former primary school are also located in the village. The 1851 census recorded 138 people in the village, 75 males, 63 females and a parish area of 1,590 acres (640 ha). It is in the
551:. Ysgol Bodorgan, Ysgol Dwyran, and Ysgol Niwbwrch were the other three schools which were closed as part of this merger. The school subsequently went on public sale in 2021 for redevelopment or conversion subject to statutory consents.
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