Category Archives: historic sites

A Thousand Miles of History XXXX: Seeking sanity…

Posted on September 12, 2018 by

For once we had the forethought to ask the lady in the church for directions to our next port of call…the Holy Well in St Cleer. After our almost accidental visit to the Holy Well at Madron that morning, we … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Miles of History XXXIX: The balance of power…

Posted on September 10, 2018 by

The church in St Cleer may be dedicated to St Clarus, the missionary saint who fled to France to escape the importunate advances of an amorous noblewoman, but at first glance, that seemed to be one of the few nods … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Miles of History XXXIII: The chapel in the grove …

Posted on August 31, 2018 by

A ruined chapel stands in a tiny clearing, sheltered and roofed by the trees that cluster close to its walls as if to offer it protection.  The walls still guard the interior from view and a single doorway in the … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Miles of History XXV: Going in…

Posted on August 17, 2018 by

The church of St Sennen did not disappoint. It has a cosy feel; a still, silent haven from the elements and the constant motion of the sea. I wondered how many women had taken refuge here in prayer over the … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Miles of History XXI: The land that time forgot

Posted on August 11, 2018 by

We stood on the clifftop just beyond Ballowall Barrow, marvelling at the beauty of the seascape, or what we could see of it through the gathering mist. The bracken was already thigh-high, covering the fractured stone with a green blanket … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Miles of History XX: Ghosts in the wildflowers

Posted on August 10, 2018 by

We headed back the way we had come, to take the narrow turning we had missed…a fortuitous misstep which had allowed us to see Cape Cornwall. We were looking for an old tin-mining site where, once upon a time, something … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Miles of History XIX: The chapel on the Cape

Posted on August 8, 2018 by

We drove through St Just this time, looking for a site we wanted to see before the day was done. Fortuitously, we took the wrong road out of town and ended up on the hills above the sea at Cape … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Miles of History XVIII: The path through the sea…

Posted on August 6, 2018 by

The tide was still in when we reached Marazion, and yet a line of people snaked between the shore and the island half a mile into the sea, seemingly walking on water. We were going to join them, walking the … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Miles of History XVII: The Green Chapel…

Posted on August 4, 2018 by

Beneath the flower-strewn lawns of Carn Euny is a mysterious passage known as a fougou, which comes from the old Cornish word for ‘cave’. There are many theories about why they were built, but no definitive evidence. According to the … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Miles of History XVI: The house of the raven…

Posted on August 3, 2018 by

We could have chosen to visit Chysauster, that being the biggest and best preserved of the ancient settlements in the area, but that very fact means it is more likely to be full of people… and it was the lives … Continue reading →

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