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Caldey Island

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Caldey Island (Welsh: Ynys Pyr) lies south of Tenby in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The island is home to a small village, but is best known for its monastery.

A Celtic monastery was founded on the island in the sixth century, and a Benedictine foundation existed from 1136 until 1536, and again from 1906. The present monastery is Reformed Cistercian.

Attractions on Caldey include a Norman chapel, a twelfth century church, the sixth century Ogham Cross, the twentieth century monastery and a lighthouse, built in 1828.

Boats sail to the island from Tenby.