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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Mary's Abbey (Bardsey Island)
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 53.0 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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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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St Mary's Abbey (Bardsey Island)
St Mary's Abbey (Bardsey Island) submitted by Antonine : First sight of Bardsey Island in the daytime. August 2008 (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Mary's Abbey (Bardsey Island)
St Mary's Abbey (Bardsey Island) submitted by Antonine : My first glimpse of Bardsey Island, dusk, 2008. (I’ll make it over one day) (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SH1222 : Looking towards Bae'r Nant and Bae y Rhigol by David Medcalf
by David Medcalf
©2008(licence)
SH1222 : On the slopes of Mynydd Enlli by Eirian Evans
by Eirian Evans
©2019(licence)
SH1222 : Gully heading down to St Mary's Well by Eirian Evans
by Eirian Evans
©2022(licence)
SH1222 : Enlli - The Blessed Isle by Eric Jones
by Eric Jones
©2007(licence)
SH1222 : Floating in a silver sea by Gordon Hatton
by Gordon Hatton
©2008(licence)

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Mapping the impacts of coastal erosion on the heritage assets of Ynys Enlli (Bardsey by Andy B on Friday, 04 August 2023
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Mapping the impacts of coastal erosion on the heritage assets of Ynys Enlli (Bardsey Island), North Wales, UK

This paper presents a combined methodology, utilizing LiDAR and survey data collected by the Climate, Heritage, Environments of Reefs, Islands and Headlands (CHERISH) project, along with historic mapping and aerial photography to produce a risk assessment for the heritage assets located on Ynys Enlli (Bardsey Island), North Wales.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15564894.2023.2227944
https://doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2023.2227944
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