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Skomer Island is a National Nature Reserve managed and protected by the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales
Seals
Puffins and other seabirds
Flora
Seascapes & Landscapes
From the mainland
Archaeology and History
Please note that the monochrome archive photographs are copyright protected. The are not for sale.
Sunset over the old farm
A stone faced positive lynchet above South Haven
The hut circle in Wick Valley
A line of stones inland from Skomer head
An early boundary marker near Skomer Head
A row of ancient field boundaries with distinct plough lines, north of the Wick
Remains of an ancient wall South Plateau
Hut circle west of the Wick
The 19th century lime kiln
The Harold stone
Ruins north of the farm, possibly a medieval longhouse
The old farmhouse, the projecting chimney is 17th or early 18th century
Snow in 1984
The old farm in 1980
Reuben Codd's tractor in 1980
The farm in 1889 © Clare Halse
The dining room c1888 © Clare Halse
Eliza feeding chickens outside the farm house c1880 © Clare Halse
Loading ponies for Skokholm North Haven c1888 © Clare Halse
Feeding turkeys, Mary Alice Scriven (Davies) with child on her lap © Clare Halse
Eliza at the well c1888 © Clare Halse
Davies daughters blowing eggs at the farm door © Clare Halse
Clara Ellen Davies - the photographer
Vaughan Palmer Davies & Ellen Angelica Davies c1888 © Clare Halse
Outside the farmhouse in 1889, three generations of the Vaughan Davies family © Clare Halse
Sheep washing in North Valley 1891, Vaughan Davies holding a sheep o© Clare Halsen right © Clare Halse
Building a hay rick in the haggard 1888 © Clare Halse
Breton langoustiers from Camaret-sur-Mer sheltering in North Haven c1910 © The Wildlife Trust South & West Wales
Haymaking in 1910, a very small scale activity by that time. © The Wildlife Trust South & West Wales
Cars at Martins Have in 1910. The cars are both Humbers (1908-1910) © Wildlife Trust South& West Wales
Evening in the dining room West Wales Field Society expedition to Skomer in 1946
Loading cattle in North Haven c1948 © Geoff Codd
Reuben Codd the last man who attempted to farm on Skomer © Geoff Codd
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