Beaumaris occupies a strategic position at the opening of the Menai Strait. It was the site of a Viking
settlement and, much later, one of the sites on which Edward I used in making up his ring of castles
following his defeat of Llewelyn the Great in 1282. 2
The sisters visited the Beaumaris and
Penmon area in September 1887 and, thirtyfour
years later, Beatrice visited the Red
Wharf Bay area