HOLYHEAD ISLAND

HOLYHEAD ISLAND, lying west and forming part of Anglesey, is 8 miles long by 3½ broad. Area, 9658 sq. acres; pop. (1891) 9610. The island is separated from Anglesey by a narrow sandy strait, crossed by a causeway, along which run the Holyhead road and the Chester and Holyhead Railway, and arched in the centre for the tide to pass beneath. The surface is for the most part rocky and barren. On the north-west coast are two islets, the North and South Stacks, the latter with a lighthouse, whose light, 197 feet above high-water, is seen for 20 miles. The Stacks and the north coast are hollowed out into magnificent caves, the haunt of sea-fowl.