Afon Braint

Afon Braint (Afon Braint)
River
256px The stepping stones across Afon Braint
Country	Wales
Source	Pentraeth
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Mouth	Menai Strait
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Afron Braint is a small tidal river on Anglesey, North Wales. There is a series of stepping stones near to the village of Dwyran, and a Grade II bridge near Penmynydd.

Description

The Afron Braint is a tidal river located in the south east of the island of Anglesey, North Wales. It rises in the hills to the south of Pentraeth Forest, east of Pentraeth and south-west of Llanddona; travels west-south-west roughly parallel with the Menai Straits passing north-west of Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll; and runs parallel and to the north of the A4080 road until at Dwyran it passes beneath the road and turns south-west. Its mouth sits at the south-west end of the Menii Straits, at the north of the Newborough Warren dunes, south of Dwyran and south-east of Pen-Lôn.

The river name derives from Brigantia, a goddess in Celtic (Gallo-Roman and Romano-British) religion of Late Antiquity.

The prehistoric Bryn Celli Ddu, considered to be one of Wales's finest passage graves, is located 200 metres (660 ft) from the river. Near to the village of Dwyran, there is a series of large limestone stepping stones across the river. There is a Grade II listed bridge in close proximity to Penmynydd.

In 2004, the river flooded causing disruption to the train services on the Holyhead to Chester line at the Llanfairpwllgwyngyll crossing. A tugboat has been named for the river; the Afon Braint was delivered to the Holyhead Towing Company in April 2005.