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Anglesey or Anglesea , island and county (1985 est. pop. 68,800), 278 sq mi (719 sq km), NW Wales. Beaumaris is the chief town. It is a region of low, rolling hills. The principal industries are agriculture and stock raising. Two bridges over the Menai Strait connect the island to the mainland. The town of Menai Bridge has long been a stock-trading center for NW Wales. Anglesey is said to have been the last refuge of the druids from the Romans in Britain. Penmynydd, at the center of the island, was the home of Owen Tudor , founder of the house of Tudor.

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Anglesey an island of North Wales, which in the 1st century ad was a centre of Druid power and resistance to Roman invasion; in ad 61 it was attacked by Suetonius Paulinus, who killed Druid priests and cut down sacred groves.

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Anglesey (Ynys Môn) Island off the nw coast of Wales, separated from the mainland by the narrow Menai Strait. Formerly a Welsh county, it became part of Gwynedd in 1974. The chief town is Beaumaris, famous for a moated castle built by Edward I (1295). Holyhead is a major ferry terminus for Ireland. Area: 718sq km (276sq mi). Pop. (2001) 66,829.

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