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Gaunt and menacing, this is a
small island on the south coast comes complete
with its own castle. It was a tin mining port even
in prehistory.
A priory was built here in the 12th century by the
Norman abbot of Mont St. Michel.
It became a battlemented castle during the 17th
century, since when it has been home to the St.
Aubyn family.
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St. Michael's Mount - Photo:
Pam Brophy
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St. Michael's Mount Courtyard -
Photo:
Richard Thomson
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It can only be accessed at low
tide via a causeway and is now in the hands of the
National Trust.
Celtic legend has it that the Mount was built by
the giant Cormoran.
The original church was built after the archangel
St Michael appeared to local fishermen in the 5th
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