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Myth And Mystery

Following a question from Lynne Berry (Photographic Queen of Steetley Pier fame) regarding the location of an opening scene from a recent TV series, it prompted Horace and I to take a look at said location in Mid Cornwall.

 

Whilst I bagged a couple of shots of this outcrop, Horace wondered off into the village of Roche armed with his notebook, (he is very good at short trotter) where he would keep his snout to the ground and leave no rasher unturned.

 

Totally out of character Horace walked into the Pub in Roche with his little notebook to source local knowledge regarding this ruined 15th century hermitage and the myth and mystery that surrounds it.

 

Horace gleamed that the ruined chapel on top of this outcrop was built around 1409 and dedicated to St Michael.

 

According to local folklore, a hermit and his daughter lived within the rocky structure, another story suggests the hermitage was occupied by some people who contracted leprosy and stayed here to avoid infecting others in the village.

 

Horace kept probing with his own journalistic style (mines a pint mate) to discover other tales, one being that Jan Tregeagle (Cornwallโ€™s own Faust) a tortured sinner made a pact with the devil then tried to find refuge in the chapel when being chased by demons. (And people think I make things up).

 

Itโ€™s also said that doomed lovers Tristan and Isolde, from a medieval legend, hid here when their love had been discovered by Isoldeโ€™s husband, King Mark. It was at this point Horace looked at his empty glass and thought it is time to quit while he was able.

 

Once again I was very fortunate that whilst preparing to take this shot it poured down with rain, however as it started to clear this sky appeared and the rest is history.

 

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Uploaded on March 8, 2022
Taken on February 23, 2022