Place:Bardsey Island, Caernarvonshire, Wales

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NameBardsey Island
TypeExtra parochial area, Civil parish
Located inCaernarvonshire, Wales     ( - 1974)
Also located inGwynedd, Wales     (1974 - )
See alsoLleyn Rural, Caernarvonshire, Walesrural district 1894-1974
Aberdaron, Caernarvonshire, Walescommunity of which it has been part since 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog
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Bardsey Island (Welsh: Ynys Enlli), known as the legendary "Island of 20,000 Saints", lies 1.9 miles (3.1 km) off the Llŷn Peninsula in the Welsh county of Gwynedd (before 1974, the historic county of Caernarvonshire). The Welsh name means "The Island in the Currents", although its English name refers to the "Island of the Bards", or possibly the island of the Viking chieftain, "Barda".

Bardsey is 0.6 miles (1.0 km) wide, 1.0 mile (1.6 km) long and 179 hectares (440 acres; 0.69 sq mi) in area.[4] The northeast rises steeply from the sea to a height of 548 feet (167 m) at Mynydd Enlli, which is a Marilyn (hill over 150 feet high), while the western plain is low and relatively flat cultivated farmland. To the south the island narrows to an isthmus, connecting to a peninsula on which the lighthouse stands. Since 1974 it has been included in the community of Aberdaron.[7] It is the fourth largest offshore island in Wales.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Bardsey Island.. This is quite a long article.

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