Gyllyngdune Gardens are a few minutes walk from downtown Falmouth. The gardens are now a Falmouth park but once were part of an an earlier estate. The park has attractive formal gardens, a bandstand and a grotto. This photograph is of the monolithic arch which was erected to complement the domed seat of the grotto. It was done in the manner of Stonehenge, probably because of the interest in antiquities at the time.
Cornwall
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Sep 15
Cornwall–St. Michael’s Chapel
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.