'Fantasy' island home seen from motorway where locals 'wouldn't live there for £1m'
18.11.2023 - 16:37
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A 'fantasy' island home may look like the secluded getaway of your dreams but locals claim they 'wouldn't live there for £1m quid'. Residents say Ynys Gorad Goch in North Wales may look like your idyllic holiday destination with its pristine views of the Menai Strait.
But what it takes to stay there during spring time floods is enough to send you packing. Being situated in the Menai Strait made Ynys Gorad Goch an ideal spot for fishing families for more than 400 years until it was turned into a rustic holiday let.
It's now believed to be back under private ownership. A photo shared this week showed water creeping up flood walls which appear to be barely protecting the properties on the island, NorthWalesLive reports.
At low tide, the 19th century stone weirs are visible and a 20-metre causeway which links the two properties on the island become accessible. But during high-tide, the island is divided by water. One woman said: "That would have me climbing out onto the roof."
Another said: "I enjoy solitude but I wouldn't live there if they paid me a million quid a day". A man said he'd have a boat on standby or "sleep in inflatable armbands" if he lived there.
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The historic island is one of the best preserved of 20 fish traps built in the Menai Strait and includes stone weirs and a fish-smoking chamber built in 1824, according to NorthWalesLive. Each weir faces in opposite directions to trap fish whichever way the tide flowed.
The property had been in continuous use until 1959. Back in its prime, the weirs trapped huge quantities of herring and other fish, as well as an unsuspecting human.
In July 1937, Bath teacher
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