Place to see: St Michael's Mount, Marazion, United Kingdom
The Grey Rock in the Wood
St Michael's Mount is a lofty tidal island, rising 400 yards from the shore of Mount's Bay, situated in Penwith in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is united with Marazion by a natural causeway cast up by the sea and passable only at low tide.
About this place:
The chapel is extra-diocesan, and the castle is the official residence of Lord St Levan. Many relics, chiefly armour and antique furniture, are preserved in the castle. The chapel of St. Michael, a 15th-century building, has an embattled tower, in one angle of which is a small turret, which served for the guidance of ships. Chapel Rock, on the beach, marks the site of a shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mary, where pilgrims paused to worship before ascending the Mount.
St Michael's Mount is still owned by the St. Aubyn family, but visitor access is controlled by the National Trust.
Marazion, nr Penzance, Cornwall TR17 OHS
Marazion, County of Cornwall, GB
Telephone: 01736 710507
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Discovered by Mark Wilson
on 10 November 2007.
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