Middle Mouse
| Middle Mouse (Ynys Badrig) | ||
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| Waters | Irish Sea | |
| Geographical location | 53 ° 26 '6.4 " N , 4 ° 26' 13.9" W | |
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| length | 110 m | |
| width | 190 m | |
| surface | 1.78 ha | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Middle Mouse ( Welsh : Ynys Badrig ) is a rocky, uninhabited island off Anglesey on the Welsh north coast, which is a maximum of 110 meters long and 190 meters wide. It is the northernmost point of Wales.
geography
Middle Mouse is located 750 meters from the Anglesey coast in the Irish Sea . The nearest larger town is Cemaes .
history
The island is named in the Welsh language after the Irish national saint Patrick ; Ynys Badrig means "Patrick's Island". Legend has it that around 440 AD he was commissioned by Celestine I , the bishop of Rome , to convert the Irish people to Christianity . So Patrick set out for Ireland, but his ship got caught in a storm off Anglesey and was stranded on the coast of Middle Mouse.
So Patrick was forced to swim the way to Anglesey. He reached the beach at what is now known as Rhos Badrig (" Patrick's Heath "); When night fell, he found shelter in the Ogof Badrig cave and drinking water at the nearby Ffynnon Badrig spring , both of which are also named after him.
Grateful for his rescue from distress at sea, he built a chapel over the cliffs of Anglesey near what is now Llanbadrig , which is about a kilometer from Cemaes. This chapel is one of the earliest Christian sites in Wales.
The S. S. Liverpool
In 1863, loaded with metal ingots fell steamship S. S. Liverpool between Anglesey and Middle Mouse after a collision with the Bark Laplata . The wreck and its surroundings are now a popular diving spot , as sea anemones and sea squirts have settled there.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cemaes Bay ( Memento from November 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Anglesey Today
- ↑ Mindat.org
- ↑ UK Diving
- ↑ Welsh Icons ( Memento from September 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
