BARDSEY, an island off the coast of Wales; area 444 acres, pop. (1921) 58. This continuation of the hills of Carnarvonshire has been separated from the mainland by a submergence of Pleis tocene date whereby a famous tide race that endangers navigation has been formed. As a refuge in the far west of Wales the island has gathered many legends. It is associated with a supposed de scent of Merlin with the 13 treasures of Britain, and there are remains of a monastery ascribed to the early Celtic Church and in particular to S. Cadvan; it is said that the remnant of the monks after the distribution of Bangor Iscoed fled hither. With these traditions, it became a goal of pilgrimage in the middle ages and the pilgrim roads in Carnarvonshire leading to Aberdaron, the port of embarkation, are dotted with sacred wells and other features. It has a lighthouse and a few houses of fisher-farmers and has been more or less patriarchally ruled by a "king." The island, nominally, has been counted in Pembrokeshire.