Cold Corner.
A chilly dusk at St Peter's on Heysham headland.This is one of the oldest places of Christian worship in Western Europe with a church sited here since the 8th Century. It celebrated its 1000 th year back in 1967 and there are some excellent examples of Saxon stonework throughout the building. Inside the chapel is a Viking Hogback Tombstone dating back to the 10th Century and many other ancient relics.
Its setting is quite spectacular with the vast expanse of Morecambe Bay behind its walls overlooking a small cove below the headlands cliffs. It is believed that the 5th Century missionary St Patrick was shipwrecked here and the ruins of St Patricks Chapel lie just to the left of this shot.
It was minus 4 degrees when I took this image, which is unusual this close to the sea!
Cold Corner.
A chilly dusk at St Peter's on Heysham headland.This is one of the oldest places of Christian worship in Western Europe with a church sited here since the 8th Century. It celebrated its 1000 th year back in 1967 and there are some excellent examples of Saxon stonework throughout the building. Inside the chapel is a Viking Hogback Tombstone dating back to the 10th Century and many other ancient relics.
Its setting is quite spectacular with the vast expanse of Morecambe Bay behind its walls overlooking a small cove below the headlands cliffs. It is believed that the 5th Century missionary St Patrick was shipwrecked here and the ruins of St Patricks Chapel lie just to the left of this shot.
It was minus 4 degrees when I took this image, which is unusual this close to the sea!