St Mary's Abbey tower, Bardsey Island, North Wales, in mist/sea fret looking SSE from pond with Hendy & Nant farmhouses to L, their stockyards to R.
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Mick Sharp / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
E7FF5KFile size:
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4157 x 5634 px | 35.2 x 47.7 cm | 13.9 x 18.8 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
July 1993Location:
St Mary's Abbey, Bardsey Island, off Aberdaron, Lleyn Peninsula, Gwynedd, Wales, UKMore information:
Bardsey Abbey tower in mist looking SSE from pond with Hendy & Nant farmhouses to L, stockyards to R. St Mary's abbey founded by AD1200 on the traditional site of a C6th Celtic monastery associated with SS Cadfan, Dyfrig & Deiniol. Important place of Christian pilgrimage; legend of 20, 000 saints buried on Bardsey Island. Two of the 'model farms' built on Bardsey Island 1870-75 by Lord Newborough. Artist & writer Brenda Chamberlain lived on Bardsey 1947-61, mainly in Carreg farmhouse; she described her experiences in the book Tide-race published in 1962.
