A view of St Michael's Mount from the seaward side of the island.
St Michael's Mount, meaning "hoar rock in woodland", is a small tidal island in Mount's Bay. The island is a civil parish and is linked to the town of Marazion by a man-made causeway of granite setts, passable between mid-tide and low water. Historically, St Michael's Mount was a Cornish counterpart of Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy, France (which shares the same tidal island characteristics and the same conical shape), when it was given to the Benedictines, religious order of Mont Saint-Michel, by Edward the Confessor in the 11th century.
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Location: St Michael's Mount, Marazion, TR17 0HS, Cornwall, UK
Photo credit: © Paul Springett 02 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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