Bardsey Island (Welsh: Ynys Enlli), known as the legendary "Island of 20,000 Saints", is located 1.9 miles (3.1 km) off the Llŷn Peninsula in the Welsh...
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Aberdaron (redirect from Gwylan Islands)
village was the last rest stop for pilgrims heading to Bardsey Island (Ynys Enlli), the legendary "island of 20,000 saints". In the 18th and 19th centuries...
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Bardsey may refer to: Bardsey Island, Wales Bardsey Lighthouse, on Bardsey Island Bardsey, West Yorkshire, England Bardsey cum Rigton, West Yorkshire,...
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Thorney CP (Parish). Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved on 2012-05-22. Article on Bardsey Island residents. Guardian. Retrieved on 2012-05-22....
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Mouse Bardsey Island Caldey Island Cardigan Island Denny Island Flat Holm Grassholm Island Ramsey Island Skokholm Island Skomer Island Sully Island Anguilla...
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Bardsey Bird and Field Observatory is a bird observatory on Bardsey Island, off the Welsh coast. It was founded in 1953 by a group of ornithologists from...
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Bardsey Lighthouse stands on the southerly tip of Bardsey Island, off the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, Wales, and guides vessels passing through St George's...
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large inlet of the Irish Sea, indenting the west coast of Wales between Bardsey Island, Gwynedd in the north, and Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire at its southern...
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Historically, the peninsula was travelled by pilgrims en route to Bardsey Island (Welsh: Ynys Enlli), and its relative isolation has helped to conserve...
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includes tidal islands such as Sully Island but not locations such as Shell Island which, though they are termed islands, are peninsulas. Holy Island and Anglesey...
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1953: Copeland Bird Observatory BBC News for the Bardsey Island bird ringed in 1957: Bardsey Island Bird Observatory BBC News Wildlife Britain news Song...
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area. In 1999 a single apple tree was identified by Ian Sturrock on Bardsey Island (located at the end of the Llŷn Peninsula in North Wales). Its uniqueness...
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Cardigan Island Chapel Island Chicken Rock Church Island Cribinau Dova Haw East Mouse Foulney Island Headin Haw Hestan Island Ireland's Eye Islands of Fleet...
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to have occupied a tract of fertile land lying between Ramsey Island and Bardsey Island in what is now Cardigan Bay to the west of Wales. It has been...
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said to have resigned his see in favour of Saint David. He retired to Bardsey Island where he was eventually buried before his body was transferred to Llandaff...
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by him. He is also said to have served as the abbot of Ynys Enlli, Bardsey Island, succeeding his cousin St. Cadfan. He is said to have died of natural...
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to have occupied a tract of fertile land lying between Ramsey Island and Bardsey Island in what is now Cardigan Bay to the west of Wales. Dvārakā the...
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Saint Tudwal's Islands (Welsh: Ynysoedd Tudwal) are a small archipelago lying south of Abersoch on the Llŷn Peninsula in North Wales, at the western end...
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walking route in North Wales, running from near Holywell in the east to Bardsey Island (Welsh: Ynys Enlli) in the west. The first half of the trail takes an...
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Avalon (category Mythological islands)
century) in Cumbria, Bardsey Island off the coast of Gwynedd, the isle of Île Aval on the coast of Brittany, and Lady's Island in Ireland's Leinster...
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The south-west of the county was formed by the Llŷn peninsula, with Bardsey Island lying off its western end. The north of the county, between the mountains...
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include Tide-race, a memoir of 15 years spent living on Bardsey Island. An expatriate on the island of Hydra, Greece, from 1961 to 1967, she then returned...
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have been an important staging post for pilgrimages to Ynys Enlli (Bardsey Island). The old church is no longer a place of worship but houses a museum...
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Rhythallt Afon Seiont Afon Tryweryn Islands Bardsey Island Ynys Gifftan Ynys Gwylan-fawr Saint Tudwal's Islands Topics Parliamentary constituencies Churches...
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Irish Sea (section Dalkey Island exploration prospect)
Irish Sea is a 46,007 km2 (17,763 sq mi) body of water that separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain. It is linked to the Celtic Sea in the south...
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place near Bangor-on-Dee; a number of the monks then transferred to Bardsey Island and appear among lists of saints. Before the battle, monks from the...
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List of tautological place names (section Islands)
Chinese) Bardsey Island, Wales ("Bardsey" means "Bardr's island") Bernera Island*, Scotland ("Bernera" means "Bjørn's island") Brownsea Island, England...
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early 6th century, prior to his departure he founded a monastery on Bardsey Island off the Llyn Peninsula. The church contains some early material (see...
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Bardsey, West Yorkshire, England is a small village in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, 8 miles (13 km) north east of Leeds city centre. The village...
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between Ramsey Island and Bardsey Island. Celliwig The earliest named location for the court of King Arthur. Brasil or Hy-Brasil A mythical island to the west...
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