[MR] BBC: Bardsey Island

[Garth Groff via Atlantia]

Noble Friends,

Today BBC Travel has in interesting illustrated story about Bardsey 
Island, a small rock off the coast of Wales. The story is about the 
island as it is now, but it makes reference to Bardsey as the "Island of 
20,000 Saints". During the dark and middle ages Bardsey was considered 
to be extremely holy, and was the graveyard for countless people who 
came here to die and be buried in its sacred soil. The current residents 
say you can't dig anywhere without finding a body: 
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20160411-the-tiny-island-of-20000-graves .

Here is more history of the Island: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardsey_Island . An illustrated history 
page is maintained by the Barsdey Island Trust: 
http://www.bardsey.org/english/the_island/island_history.htm .

Yours Aye,


Lord Mungo Napier, That Crazy Scot