May of 2015 included a magical and moving journey to Cornwall, England, my father’s birthplace. I wanted to learn about the lives and the landscapes of my ancestors. I learned a great deal about the difficult lives of the tin miners of Camborne and felt a deep connection with the people and the magnificent landscapes. It was a journey of discovery. Over the next weeks I will post photographs of some favorite locations.
This first photograph is of St. Michael’s Chapel, located on a promontory at Rame Head, Cornwall. It was licensed for Mass in 1397 but was likely built on the site of an earlier Celtic Hermitage. Rame Head would have been the last piece of England the Pilgrims would have seen as they sailed from Plymouth to America.