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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Snowdonia, Bardsey Island, Great Orme, Cadair Idris, Parys Mountain, Eglwyseg, Moel Famau, Cadair Berwyn, Cambrian Mountains, Esclusham Mountain, Berwyn range, Bangor Mountain, Mynydd Bodafon, Ruabon Moors, Yr Eifl, Penycloddiau, Clwydian Range, Mynydd Esgairweddan, Esgeiriau Gwynion, Foel Fenlli, Cyrniau Nod, Holyhead Mountain, Cadair Bronwen, Moel y Cerrig Duon, Moel Sych, Pen y Boncyn Trefeilw, Llechwedd Du, Cadair Berwyn North Top, Post Gwyn, Mwdwl-eithin, Foel-goch, Foel Wen, Bryn Alyn, Cefn Gwyntog, Pen Bwlch Llandrillo, Mynydd Tarw, Tomle, Stac Rhos, Moel Fferna, Foel Goch, Y Groes Fagl, Moel yr Ewig, Foel Wen South Top, Foel Rhudd, Godor, The Gop, Godor North Top, Moel Gyw, Moel y Gamelin, Cefn yr Ogof, Moelfre Uchaf, Moelfre Isaf, Moel y Parc, Moel Eilio. Excerpt: Bardsey Island (Welsh: ), the legendary "Island of 20,000 saints," lies 1.9 miles (3.1 km) off the Ll n Peninsula in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. The Welsh name means "The Island in the Currents," although its English name refers to the "Island of the Bards," or possibly the island of the Viking chieftan, "Barda." It is 0.6 miles (1.0 km) wide and 1.0 mile (1.6 km) long. The north east rises steeply from the sea to a height of 548 feet (167 m) at Mynydd Enlli, while the western plain is low and relatively flat cultivated farmland; to the south the island narrows to an isthmus, connecting to a peninsula. Since 1974 it has been included in the community of Aberdaron. It is about 500 acres (200 ha) in extent (about 2 square km). It is the third largest offshore island in Wales. The island has been an important religious site since Saint Cadfan built a monastery in 516. In medieval times it was a major centre of pilgrimage and, by 1212, belonged to the Augustinian Canons Regular. The monastery was destroyed by Henry VIII in 1537, but the island remai...
