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Wales Coastal Path

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Wales Coastal Path
Wales Coastal Path
Wales Coastal Path
Wales Coastal Path
Wales Coastal Path
Wales Coastal Path
Wales Coastal Path
Wales Coastal Path
Wales Coastal Path
Wales Coastal Path
Wales Coastal Path
Wales Coastal Path
Wales Coastal Path
Wales Coastal Path
Wales Coastal Path
Whitesands Bay , shown as Whitesand Bay on some maps, is an award-winning, Blue Flag standard, wide sandy beach situated on the St David's Peninsula in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, United Kingdom. The beach is located about two miles west of the small city of St. Davids and about one mile south of St Davids Head and has been described as the best surfing beach in Pembrokeshire and one of the best tourist beaches in the world.The area to the north east of the bay is dominated by a large rocky outcrop, 594 feet at its highest point, known as Carn Llidi — which could mean Cairn of the Gates or Cairn of Wrath. The Pembrokeshire Coast Path passes alongside the bay, giving access in the north to the secluded bays of Porthlleuog and Porthmelgan , and the rugged coastal scenery of St Davids Head. To the south, the coastal path leads to Porthselau and St. Justinian's, with views across the Ramsey Sound to Ramsey Island. There are a number of megalithic burial chambers, stone hut circles and British Iron Age field systems and enclosures to be seen in the vicinity of Carn Llidi and St Davids Head.There is a tradition that St. Patrick set sail from this beach in 432 AD to convert Ireland to Christianity. The site of a Celtic chapel, dedicated to St Patrick, is located under a mound by the car park just to the east of the bay, at what is thought to have been the disembarkation point for pilgrims to St Davids Cathedral.St David, the patron saint of Wales, is said to have been educated at Ty Gwyn by St Paulinus. It is believed that St Non, David's mother, also lived here when it was a monastery.At very low tide and after heavy storms the remains of an ancient, submerged forest can be seen on the beach, consisting of stumps of birch, fir, hazel and oak trees. The remains of animals have also been found in these deposits, including parts of an aurochs, a red deer antler and a brown bear jaw.
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