Bardsey Island: looking across a farm pond & earth-banked fields to Cristin farmhouse & yard, home to Bardsey Bird & Field Observatory founded 1953.

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Cristin farmhouse & yard, home to the Bardsey Bird & Field Observatory founded 1953. One of the 'model farms' built on Bardsey Island 1870-75 by Lord Newborough. View looking E across earth banked fields & pond to the misty slopes of Mynydd Enlli. Small building on R is the old school Hen Ysgol founded c 1875. Artist & writer Brenda Chamberlain lived on Bardsey 1947-61, mainly in Carreg farmhouse; she described her experiences in the book Tide-race published in 1962.

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Size: 4190px × 5669px
Location: Cristin, Bardsey Island, off Aberdaron, Lleyn Peninsula, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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