Written at Barmouth and Aberdaron, off Bardsey Isle, February, 1870.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY G. J. PALMER, 32, LITTLE QUEEN STREET,
LINCOLN’S INN FIELDS.
Footnotes.
[6] The Bardsey Monks, at this time (the eighth century) doubtless wore the black habit, but assumed the white habit of the Premonstratensians some hundreds of years later.
[8] Aberdaron is situated on the mainland of Carnarvonshire, just five miles from Bardsey Island, in its own snug bay shore, just round the last point of the Promontory of Lleyn. It was the starting place of the pilgrims for the Holy Isle.
[11] Barmouth is nearly thirty miles due east of Bardsey, across Cardigan Bay, and quite visible on a clear day. It is a seaport of Merionethshire.
[12a] This may seem an anachronism, but it should be remembered that Druidism lingered a long time in Wales, after it was fairly driven from the rest of Britain.
[12b] The Church here is dedicated to St. Cadfan.
[14] St. Dubritius spent much of his early life in Bardsey, and was buried there.