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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Mary's Abbey (Bardsey Island)Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 37.7 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Gwynedd Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Bardsey Island
Map Ref: SH12092236
Latitude: 52.766061N Longitude: 4.786636W
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| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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| -1 | Completely destroyed |
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| 3 | Ordinary |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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Ancient Cross and a Holy Well in Gwynedd
Bardsey Island (Ynys Enlli) lies 2 miles off the southern tip of the Lleyn Peninsula across Bardsey Sound or "Race of Bardsey". Known as a "Cradle of Celtic Christianity" since the 6th century, the Journal of Antiquities includes a page for this fascinating island - see their entry for Bardsey Island, Gwynedd, North Wales. The Journal tells us this has been a place of pilgrimage since medieval times, when "three pilgrimages to Bardsey Island were equal to one pilgrimage to Rome".
Whilst there are no remaining traces of the Celtic monastery evident today, remains of a tower of St Mary's Augustinian abbey (see Coflein NPRN 93544). In the ancient cemetery, which is still evident, there is a cross incised stone (see Coflein NPRN 93608) and a holy well (see Coflein NPRN 32186). The Coflein entry for the well states "(an) adjacent fallen stone indicates there was a superstructure of some sort".
On the island, there are also the remains of Neolithic roundhouses and a hermit's cave.
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