When it was decided to build a tidal dyke at the beginning of the nineteenth century between Ty Gwyn Y Gamlas and Pont Y Glyn, Yr Ynys ceased to be an island. Now, there is flat dry land to the south of that island, and that is now agricultural land. The only things that exist today to convey that there was an island there are the names, such as Yr Ynys, Gwrachynys, Rhyd Goch and the famous Lasynys where Ellis Wynne The Sleeping Bard used to live.
On the raised ground above Afon Dwyryd across the river, more or less from Portmeirion, stands Llanfihangel y Traethau Church, in a quiet, lovely spot. In its cemetery many residents of the area are resting, including a large number of sailors and naval captains which convey the close relationship there used to be between the area and the sea.