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The name Middleholm was documented in 1325 in the reign of Edward III, when ferreters were paid for catching rabbits. The island has been in use for considerably longer, with traces of
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walling, and may have been used for summer grazing, despite the lack of natural fresh water. Since 1966, when the rabbit population was killed by
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The island is owned and managed by the National Trust. It is not open to the public.
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The island is formed largely from a suite of volcanic rocks of
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Lockley, R. M. and Saunders, D. R. (1 September 1967).
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green-topped, treeless island in blue sea
Middleholm or Midland Isle is located in Wales
Jack Sound
51°44′06″N 5°15′50″W / 51.735°N 5.264°W / 51.735; -5.264
Pembrokeshire
Marloes and St Brides
grid reference
SM74690910
Pembrokeshire
Skomer
community
Marloes and St Brides
Jack Sound
Iron Age
myxomatosis
Lewis
Aeronian
Silurian
Skomer Volcanic Group
seabirds
Manx shearwaters
Atlantic puffins
red fescue
sea beet
common tree-mallow
"MIDLAND ISLE OR MIDDLEHOLM, SKOMER, SETTLEMENT AND FIELD BOUNDARY"


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