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Around eleven miles from Pembrokeshire’s shore, Grassholm is a RSPB reserve and the only gannet colony in Wales - no landing is allowed on the island due to the large number of nesting gannets. Grassholm has been identified with Gwales, a mythical island featured in The Mabinogion. In the Second Branch (section), Gwales is the site of a magnificent castle where the severed head of the giant Bran is kept miraculously alive for eighty years whilst his companions, the sole survivors of the terrible battle in Ireland, feast in blissful ignorance of their losses. You can travel around Grassholm by boat and marvel at this mystical place of otherness.
Photo of Grassholm - copyright Dave Challender
Grassholm Island
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- Region : South West Wales
- Grid Ref : SM 59789 09283
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Around eleven miles from Pembrokeshire’s shore, Grassholm is a RSPB reserve and the only gannet colony in Wales - no landing is allowed on the island due to the large number of nesting gannets. Grassholm has been identified with Gwales, a mythical island featured in The Mabinogion. In the Second Branch (section), Gwales is the site of a magnificent castle where the severed head of the giant Bran is kept miraculously alive for eighty years whilst his companions, the sole survivors of the terrible battle in Ireland, feast in blissful ignorance of their losses. You can travel around Grassholm by boat and marvel at this mystical place of otherness.
Photo of Grassholm - copyright Dave ChallenderMore Folklore & Tradition locations