Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Bardsey Isle

Bardsey Isle, island, in N. Cardigan Bay, SW. Carnarvonshire, 2 miles long and ¾ mile broad at N. end, area 430 ac., pop. 132; contains ruins of a monastery. It has a lighthouse with fixed light seen 17 miles.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "island"   (ADL Feature Type: "islands")
Administrative units: Caernarvonshire AncC
Place: Bardsey Island

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