St Justinian (or St Justinian's or St Justinians; Welsh: ''Porth Stinan'') is a coastal location of indeterminate area in the extreme northwest of

Pembrokeshire Pembrokeshire ( ; ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. It is bordered by Carmarthenshire to the east, Ceredigion to the northeast, and otherwise by the sea. Haverfordwest is the largest town and ...

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, in the

community A community is a social unit (a group of people) with a shared socially-significant characteristic, such as place, set of norms, culture, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given g ...

of St Davids and the Cathedral Close.

Name

The area is named for Stinan (later Anglicised to

Justinian Justinian I (, ; 48214 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was Roman emperor from 527 to 565. His reign was marked by the ambitious but only partly realized ''renovatio imperii'', or "restoration of the Empire". This ambition was ...

), a 6th-7th century monk who was a contemporary of

St David David (; ; ) was a Welsh Christian prelate who served as Bishop of Mynyw during the 6th century. He is the patron saint of Wales. David was a native of Wales, and tradition has preserved a relatively large amount of detail about his life. ...

. Legend says that he was murdered by beheading and that his skull had miraculous properties.

Description

There is a small harbour, Porthstinan, housing the current

St Davids Lifeboat Station St Davids Lifeboat Station is located at St Justinian, overlooking Ramsey Sound to Ramsey Island, approximately west of the St David's Cathedral, cathedral City status in the United Kingdom, city of St Davids, in the county of Pembrokeshire, We ...

, two former lifeboat stations and a private residence. The harbour is used for boat trips to

Ramsey Island Ramsey Island ( Welsh: ''Ynys Dewi'') is an island about off St David's Head in Pembrokeshire on the northern side of St Brides Bay, in southwest Wales, in the community of St Davids and the Cathedral Close. It is in area. Ramsey means (i ...

, and for kayaking and speedboat trips. It is a popular access point for the

Pembrokeshire Coast Path The Pembrokeshire Coast Path (), often called the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path, is a designated National Trail in Pembrokeshire, southwest Wales. Established in 1970, it is a long-distance walking route, mostly at cliff-top level, with a total ...

History

St Justinian (as ''Sct. Stenans'') appears on a 1578 parish map of Pembrokeshire.

Listed buildings

The ruined chapel of St Justinian is a Grade I

listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Hi ...

. The 1870s old lifeboat house, 1911 lifeboat house, an early 20th century watchtower and St Justinian's Well (a 19th-century stone enclosure over an ancient spring), are all Grade II listed.

Geography

The bay on which St Justinian stands is known as Porthstinian.Shown on Ordnance Survey maps.

References

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