Qualla: Carmel Head https://qualla.com/carmel-head en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:13 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Carmel Head https://qualla.com/carmel-head Carmel Head: Introduction https://qualla.com/carmel-head/ Three white columns stand on the cliffs at Carmel Head. Two of them rise from the Welsh mainland on the headland itself. The third stands on the rocky island of West Mouse a mile offshore. They were built in the 1860s, and from the right angle of approach they line up like sights on a rifle -- pointing directly at the position of a shallow reef between the head and the island. Sailors who knew the alignment kept clear of the reef. Sailors who did not know the alignment died on it. The local Welsh name for the three columns is Tair Y Forwyn Wen -- the Three White Ladies. The headland they guard is the most northwesterly point of Anglesey, the western corner of the island where the Irish Sea meets St George's Channel, and the rocks below are made of stone so old it predates almost everything else in Wales.

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]]> Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/k/x/carmel-head-wp/gckx-carmel-head-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Carmel Head: The Oldest Rock in Wales https://qualla.com/carmel-head/ The cliffs of Carmel Head are made of Precambrian gneiss -- coarsely banded metamorphic rock, dark and grey, with layers folded and bent by heat and pressure over geological time. These are almost certainly the oldest rocks in Wales, formed at least 700 million years ago and poss...

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