Grassholm (Welsh: Gwales or Ynys Gwales) is a small, uninhabited island situated 13 km / 8 miles off the southwest Pembrokeshire coast in Wales, lying west of Skomer. Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic An island (ˈaɪlənd or isle (/ˈaɪl/ is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water in two dimensions above high tide and isolated from other significant Geography Pembrokeshire is a maritime County, bordered by the sea on three sides by Ceredigion (Cardiganshire to the northeast and by Skomer is a 292 km² Island off the coast of southwest Wales, one of a chain lying within a kilometre off the Pembrokeshire It is the westernmost part of Wales and is known for its huge colony of gannets. The Northern Gannet ( Morus bassanus, formerly Sula bassana) is a Seabird and is the largest member of the Gannet family Sulidae Grassholm has been owned since 1947 by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, and was the first reserve the Society ever bought. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ( RSPB) is a British Charitable organisation which works to promote conservation and protection ^[1]

Boats sail to Grassholm from Martin's Haven on the mainland.

The island features in Welsh mythology as the place where the severed head of Bendigeidfran was kept miraculously alive for eighty years while his companions feasted in blissful forgetfulness. Welsh mythology, the remnants of the Mythology of the pre Christian Britons, has come down to us in much altered form in medieval Welsh manuscripts Bran the Blessed ( Welsh: Bendigeidfran, literally "Blessed Crow" is a giant and king of Britain in Welsh mythology. ^[2]

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• Aerial photograph of the island

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