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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.
Tramway vehicle resembling a trunk, St Michael's Mount, Cornwall. Several trams have been used over the years. That used in 1964 was built locally. It had a metal frame with a wooden floor lined with galvanised sheeting and wooden side planking, some of which could be lifted out by hand to make loading and unloading easier.
He was the son of Colonel John St Aubyn, who had acquired the island and castle St. Michael's Mount in 1659, having already become Governor of the Mount in 1647. Sir John St Aubyn's lineage continued through four subsequent Baronets, all of whom were also named John St Aubyn. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Helston, the third ...
Cormoran (/ ˈ k ɔːr m ər æ n / or / ˈ k ɔːr m ər ən /) is a giant associated with St. Michael's Mount in the folklore of Cornwall. Local tradition credits him with creating the island, in some versions with the aid of his wife Cormelian, and using it as a base to raid cattle from the mainland communities.
The Militons are mentioned frequently in this connection in the "Minister's Accounts of Cornwall". [7] John Militon was made governor of St. Michael's Mount in the year 1547, in the room of Sir Humphrey Arundell (c. 1513 – 1550), who was later executed for his part in the Prayer Book Rebellion of 1549.
In 1960, Gavin de Beer concluded that the most likely location of Iktin (the form of the name he preferred) was St Michael's Mount, a tidal island near the town of Marazion in Cornwall. Apart from the effect of the tide being consistent with what is said by Diodorus, de Beer considered the other benefits of St Michael's Mount for the Britons. [2]
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.
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 ...