Ynys Gored Goch ("Red Weir Island") - a photo on Flickriver

            Ynys Gored Goch ("Red Weir Island"), sometimes known as Ynys Gorad Goch, is a small island in the Menai Strait between Gwynedd and Anglesey in north Wales. It is situated in the stretch of the Strait called the Swellies between Thomas Telford's Menai Suspension Bridge and Robert Stephenson's Britannia Bridge. It is Stephenson’s Britannia Bridge that is in the picture.
There are two houses on the island, the ‘Main House’ and a converted ‘Smoke House’ where locally caught fish were processed. The island is now a private property and can only be accessed by boat. The earliest known documents relating to the island dates from 1590 when it is listed as belonging to the Diocese of Bangor which leased it for £3 and a barrel of herrings a year, as the island was used as a fishing trap. During high tides fish would swim into the traps set near the island. The catch would then be collected at the subsequent low tide.
After 1888 when the house was sold into private hands the whitebait (herring), business was developed and growing tourism in the 20th century meant people would often travel to the island to taste the fish. A bell by the Anglesey shore summoned a boat to carry visitors across to enjoy a 'Gored Whitebait Tea' which comprised a pot of tea, brown bread and butter and whitebait ‘fried in a basket’, priced one shilling.
The strong tidal flow in the Menai Strait creates small whirlpools, hence the name the "Swellies". In olden times, access by rowing boat was restricted by the tides but nowadays modern boats can access anytime. Mains water and electricity were installed in 1997. Pumping systems mean the two houses no longer flood. Due to the large tidal range of the Menai Strait the size of the island varies between 0.5 acres (0.2 ha) and 3.7 acres (1.5 ha).The tidal range of the Menai Strait is known to exceed 10 metres (33 ft) during high spring tides which makes it appear that the buildings are on two separate islands. 
The island's location makes it a popular theme in photographs of the Menai Strait and its bridges.

   

Taken on: February 25, 2018

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Exposure Time:	301
Focal Length:	70mm
ISO:	100
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