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Pentraeth

Before land reclamation, this sleepy village stood on the edge of Traeth Coch (known in English as Red Wharf Bay). Its name reflects this, as it means head of the beach. At low tide, the almost 15 square miles of sand supported a flourishing cockling industry. Nowadays, this is a popular place for a holiday, even though it is not ideal for swimming due to the strong tidal currents. The Parish Church of St Mary dates originally from the 14th century, and in the graveyard is the mass grave of people who perished on the Royal Charter, a sailing ship that was blown onto the rocks near the village as it sailed from Australia to Liverpool (see also Moelfre). There are no names on the stones, as very few bodies were identified. Close to Plas Gwyn, an 18th-century Georgian mansion, is the Three Leaps – three small stones in a row that commemorate a contest in AD580 between two rivals for the hand of the grand-daughter of the warrior Geraint. The contest was won by the man who could leap the furthest, in this case, by a champion named Hywel. The stones mark his efforts, in possibly what we now know as the triple jump. The loser is said to have died of a broken heart.