Methodist chapel & mission house, abbey ruins, semi-detached model farmhouses, gardens & stockyards seen from Mynydd Enlli, Bardsey Island, N. Wales.

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Chapel & mission house, abbey ruins, semi-detached model farmhouses, gardens & stockyards seen from Mynydd Enlli, Bardsey Island. St Mary's Abbey tower dates from c 1200. Lord Newborough built the chapel, mission house and 'model farm' units for his tenants 1870-75. Victorian Celtic-style cross over Lord Newborough's burial vault. Chapel & Ty Capel (front L,) Nant & Hendy (front R); abbey tower with stockyards to rear (centre), Ty Nesaf & Ty Bach (rear L). 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: 4156px × 5551px
Location: St Mary's Abbey, Bardsey Island, off Aberdaron, Lleyn Peninsula, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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