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  2. St Michael's Mount - Wikipedia

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    St Michael's Mount (Cornish: Karrek Loos yn Koos, [1] meaning "hoar rock in woodland") [2] is a tidal island in Mount's Bay near Penzance, Cornwall, England (United Kingdom).The island is a civil parish and is linked to the town of Marazion by a causeway of granite setts, passable (as is the beach) between mid-tide and low water.

  3. St Michael's Mount Tramway - Wikipedia

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    The St Michael's Mount Tramway runs from near the harbour up to the castle which dominates the tidal island of St Michael's Mount, in Cornwall, England. The tramway is sometimes referred to as the Dreckly Express .

  4. Mont-Saint-Michel - Wikipedia

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    Historically, Mont-Saint-Michel was the Norman counterpart of St Michael's Mount in Cornwall, UK, which was given to the Benedictines, the religious order of Mont-Saint-Michel, by Edward the Confessor in the 11th century. The two mounts share the same tidal island characteristics and a similar conical shape, though Mont-Saint-Michel is much taller.

  5. Promontory forts of Cornwall - Wikipedia

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    Entrance to Maen Castle. Maen Castle (Cornish: Maen, Men or Mayon, stone castle) (grid reference) is an Ancient Monument owned by the National Trust, and is situated between Sennen Cove and Land's End, within the parish of Sennen. The South West Coast Path passes the entrance. A ditch and external bank cuts off a small headland.

  6. St Michael-on-the-Mount - Wikipedia

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    St Michael-on-the-Mount is a Grade II listed former parish church in the city of Lincoln in the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire, England.The church was originally built in 1000 AD and became later a part of the former Christ Hospital near to the Cathedral and Castle on Steeple Hill.The church was declared redundant in 1998 and was deconsecrated that same year, bringing to an end nearly 1000 ...

  7. List of castles in England - Wikipedia

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    St Catherine's Castle: Artillery fort 1538–40: Ruins At mouth of River Fowey. [70] St. Mawes Castle: Artillery fort 1540–3: Intact Position not defensible from land attack. [71] St. Michael's Mount: Fortified site 12–17th century: Substantially intact Castle and priory church comprise single building. [72] Tintagel Castle: Twin bailey ...

  8. Saint Michael's line - Wikipedia

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    The term St Michael's Line is also used to refer to a similar alignment of hilltop sites connecting significant Pre-Christian and Christian sites following a line across England that is drawn from two parallel lines – the Mary and Michael lines. [6] The route starts at St Michael's Mount on the southwest coast and travels east-by-northeast to ...

  9. Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey - Wikipedia

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    In 710, Mont Tombe was renamed Mont-Saint-Michel au péril de la Mer ("Mount Saint Michael at the peril of the sea", "Mons Sancti Michaelis in periculo maris") after an oratory was erected to Saint Michael by bishop Saint Aubert of Avranches in 708. According to the legend, Aubert received, during his sleep, three times the order from Saint ...

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