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Latitude: 53.2871 / 53°17'13"N
Longitude: -4.6531 / 4°39'11"W
OS Eastings: 223243
OS Northings: 379962
OS Grid: SH232799
Mapcode National: GBR GNW0.HCG
Mapcode Global: WH31B.HMGX
Plus Code: 9C5Q78PW+RQ
Entry Name: Old Customs Post
Listing Date: 26 March 1973
Last Amended: 30 June 1998
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 5714
Building Class: Civil
ID on this website: 300005714
Location: In a sheltered location set within the cliffs on the NW side of Porth Dafarch, NW of Trearddur Bay.
County: Isle of Anglesey
Community: Trearddur
Community: Trearddur
Locality: Porth Dafarch
Traditional County: Anglesey
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Built as customs post in 1819, when a harbour was completed at Porth Dafarch; built to allow mail and passengers to be landed on Holyhead Island when N winds made landing at Holyhead impossible. In 1873 the new harbour at Holyhead was completed, making the one at Porth Dafarch redundant.
Square, single storey structure; built abutting the cliff face which forms one side of the structure, the other 3 sides of local rubble, a flat cement roof. Openings with segmental-arched stone heads; single entrance doorway in seaward facing side and single window in right return. In poor condition, June ' 98.
Contains a barrel vaulted ceiling of red brick.
Listed as an unusual example of a customs post and coastal landmark of local historical interest.
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