Archaeological remains associated with the loss of this vessel are not confirmed as present at this location, but may possibly be in the vicinity.

Event and Historical Information:
The LOVEDAY AND BETTY was a Liverpool registered brigantine, which became stranded during a southwesterly gale near Aberffraw (mostly likely on Crigyll rocks). The master, Captain George Jackson, having decided that the vessel could be saved after the gale abated and having secured the vessel to the shore, went to seek out the customs officer at Aberffraw. On his return he found the vessel stripped of everything portable, including the sails and the 5in rope which was securing the vessel. Four men - Owen Jones Ambrose of Llanfihanel-yn-Nhowyn; Gabriel Roberts of Ceirhiog; Thomas Roberts of Llanfaelog; and Hugh Griffiths Hughes of Llanfaelog - appeared before justice Martyn at Beaumaris on 7 April 1741 and were acquitted by the justice who was reported to have been very drunk. Lewis Morris, a local customs officer and father of the hydrographer William Morris, is noted as having written a poem about the scandalous affair. The men were all likely to have been members of the notorious Crygyll wreckers which operated for around 30 years in this locality.

Sources include:
Gater, D, 1992, Historic Shipwrecks of Wales, pg33-4
Wynne-Jones, I, 2001, Shipwrecks of North Wales, 4 ed, pg45

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, September 2008.