3.9 - PORTH CLAIS - ST JUSTINIAN`S
St Justinian's Chapel
The remains of Capel Stinan / a roofless 14th century pilgrimage chapel ,
to St Justinian ( the confessor of St David ).
Restored in the 16 century / on the site of an earlier Celtic chapel / shrine -
the first burial place of St Justinian (a 6th century missionary from Brittany ,
who lived as a hermit on Ramsey ).
The rugged coast of the St Davids penninsula was a major centre of christian activity
from 400AD and an important european place of Pilgrimage .
Ref: 8269
Date: 13/03/2011
Location: SM 724 252
