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Section 9 Bardsey Island
	To the medieval mind the completion of such a pilgrimage gained actual atonement for sins committed and lessened the time the Pilgrim would spend in Purgatory before gaining entrance to Heaven. Three Pilgrimages to Bardsey were said to equal one to Rome itself. The voyage across the treacherous Sound represented a voyage, if not to Heaven itself but part way to the "other side, the very porch of Heaven" There is now a bird observatory and a lighthouse here, but the Island itself is administered by a Trust and, with close supervision by the Countryside Council for Wales, preserves the Island as a superb nature reserve. Over 150 Seals live off the rocks of the Island.
Distance 2 miles / 3.2 km
Terrain The final journey across the Island of Bardsey takes us up to the mountain from where we can look back to the land from which we have come, and then takes us down a mountain path to the ruins of St Mary’s Abbey itself and the High Cross which marks the end of the Pilgrimage.