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In the early 7th century, St Peulan chose a bumpy knoll at the end of an isolated causeway on Anglesey to build his church. Raised up out of the earth, surveying the surrounding patchwork fields, it is a beacon in the landscape.
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St Peulan was a pupil of St David and later a follower of St Cybi. After his adventures in Ireland with Cybi and Cyngar, Peulan returned to Wales. Sadly, but perhaps not surprisingly, nothing of Peulan’s original church survives.
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The oldest part of the church is tucked behind the pews at the west end. It’s a hefty, rectangular font. And was possibly carved as early as the 11th century. There’s decoration on four sides: blind arcading, a chevron frieze, a chequerboard panel and a ringed cross.
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