Main track on Bardsey Island, North Wales, passing the buttressed Victorian farmyard wall of Cristin, home to the Bardsey Bird & Field Observatory.
The main trackway on Bardsey Island passes the buttressed, protective farmyard wall of Cristin, one of the 'model farms' built on Bardsey Island 1870-75 by Lord Newborough. Cristin is home to the Bardsey Bird and Field Observatory founded 1953. 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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Location: Cristin, Bardsey Island, off Aberdaron,Lleyn, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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