Carreg Fawr Victorian farmhouse showing the house drinking water well & rainwater collection butts for washing, Bardsey Island, North Wales.

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Carreg Fawr farmhouse showing the house well & rainwater collection butts: one of the 'model farms' built on Bardsey Island 1870-75 by Lord Newborough. Groundwater is pumped from the well for drinking, rainwater collected from the roof for washing etc. 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: 4192px × 5669px
Location: Carreg Fawr, Bardsey Island, off Aberdaron, Lleyn Peninsula, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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