A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
SKERRIES, a group of rocky islands off the NW coast of Anglesey; 2 miles NW of Carnal point, and 8¼ N by E of Holyhead. They have grand rock scenery; they abound with sea-fowl; and they are said to contain asbestos. A lighthouse was erected on the largest in 1714; shows a fixed light 117 feet high, visible at the distance of 15 miles; brought a revenue, in 1835 and previous years, of about £20,000, to the owner, M. Jones, Esq.; and occasioned the group to be sold, in 1835, to the Trinity Board, for £445,000.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a group of rocky islands off the NW coast of Anglesey" (ADL Feature Type: "archipelagos") |
| Administrative units: | Anglesey AncC |
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