Saint Michael's Mount. St Michael's Mount is a tidal island in Mount's Bay, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
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. It is managed by the National Trust, and the castle and chapel have been the home of the St Aubyn family since approximately 1650.
Historically, St Michael's Mount was a Cornish counterpart of Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy, France, when it was given to the Benedictine religious order of Mont Saint-Michel by Edward the Confessor in the 11th century. St Michael's Mount is one of 43 unbridged tidal islands that one can walk to from mainland Britain.
Part of the island was designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1995 for its geology. Its Cornish language name, literally, the grey rock in a wood, may represent a folk memory of a time before Mount's Bay was flooded, indicating a description of the mount set in woodland.
Remains of trees have been seen at low tides following storms on the beach at Perranuthnoe. There is evidence of people living in the area during the Neolithic. The key discovery was of a leaf-shaped flint arrowhead, which was found within a shallow pit on the lower eastern slope, now part of the modern gardens. Other pieces of flint have been found, and at least two could be Mesolithic. During the Mesolithic, Britain wa
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. It is managed by the National Trust, and the castle and chapel have been the home of the St Aubyn family since approximately 1650.
Historically, St Michael's Mount was a Cornish counterpart of Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy, France, when it was given to the Benedictine religious order of Mont Saint-Michel by Edward the Confessor in the 11th century. St Michael's Mount is one of 43 unbridged tidal islands that one can walk to from mainland Britain.
Part of the island was designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1995 for its geology. Its Cornish language name, literally, the grey rock in a wood, may represent a folk memory of a time before Mount's Bay was flooded, indicating a description of the mount set in woodland.
Remains of trees have been seen at low tides following storms on the beach at Perranuthnoe. There is evidence of people living in the area during the Neolithic. The key discovery was of a leaf-shaped flint arrowhead, which was found within a shallow pit on the lower eastern slope, now part of the modern gardens. Other pieces of flint have been found, and at least two could be Mesolithic. During the Mesolithic, Britain wa
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