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