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The tower was built between 1820 and 1850 by the locally well known Stanley family from [[Penrhos, Anglesey|Penrhos]], and it was originally used as a summer house.<ref name="Hughes">Hughes, Margaret: ''Anglesey from the Sea'', page 46. Carreg Gwalch, 2001</ref> | The tower was built between 1820 and 1850 by the locally well known Stanley family from [[Penrhos, Anglesey|Penrhos]], and it was originally used as a summer house.<ref name="Hughes">Hughes, Margaret: ''Anglesey from the Sea'', page 46. Carreg Gwalch, 2001</ref> | ||
Today the tower serves as an RSPB information centre, shop and café for the South Stack Cliffs RSPB reserve, in which reserve it stands. Apatr from the facilities contained, Elin's Tower affords a good view of [[South Stack]] and its lighthouse<ref>[http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/s/southstackcliffs/facilities.aspx | Today the tower serves as an RSPB information centre, shop and café for the South Stack Cliffs RSPB reserve, in which reserve it stands. Apatr from the facilities contained, Elin's Tower affords a good view of [[South Stack]] and its lighthouse<ref>[http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/s/southstackcliffs/facilities.aspx Ellin's Tower and South Stack: the RSPB]</ref> to one side and [[Holyhead Mountain]] to the other. | ||
==Outside links== | ==Outside links== | ||
Latest revision as of 21:41, 3 September 2015
Ellin's Tower is a short, castellated tower located around two and a half miles west of Holyhead on Holy Island, Anglesey. It overlooks the sea and South Stack, and today belongs to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
The tower was built between 1820 and 1850 by the locally well known Stanley family from Penrhos, and it was originally used as a summer house.[1]
Today the tower serves as an RSPB information centre, shop and café for the South Stack Cliffs RSPB reserve, in which reserve it stands. Apatr from the facilities contained, Elin's Tower affords a good view of South Stack and its lighthouse[2] to one side and Holyhead Mountain to the other.
Outside links
References
- ↑ Hughes, Margaret: Anglesey from the Sea, page 46. Carreg Gwalch, 2001
- ↑ Ellin's Tower and South Stack: the RSPB