What lies beneath? A buried medieval chapel under Porthminster Beach, St Ives, Cornwall — new post by me :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2018/02/porthminster-medieval-chapel.html …pic.twitter.com/NDm3OSTu0R
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What lies beneath? A buried medieval chapel under Porthminster Beach, St Ives, Cornwall — new post by me :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2018/02/porthminster-medieval-chapel.html …pic.twitter.com/NDm3OSTu0R
The chapel was exposed in the 1870s by the sea for a time when it was said to be at 'the top of the beach'; it is usually associated with the lost medieval settlement of Porthminster, abandoned in the 15th/16th century.pic.twitter.com/lQLw0gNV1N
The chapel is said to lie near where the Tregenna stream 'loses itself in the sands of Porthminster'—in 19thC, this was close to the current beach shop+chalets. The stream is on the left of this image from the 1890s, below the area where boats are moored (now the putting green).pic.twitter.com/WtbbW6awyu
The Tregenna stream has now been diverted down the beach to the south-east end, but still re-emerges in its original position on occasion, as it is doing here (February 2018); the beach cafe, shop and chalets can be seen in the background.pic.twitter.com/nE6VfsN9kl
Porthminster beach in 2018 and 1877, with the outline of the modern features transposed onto the 1877 map allowing the 19thC course of the Tregenna stream to be traced against the modern landscape: http://www.caitlingreen.org/2018/02/porthminster-medieval-chapel.html …pic.twitter.com/gGSmR4fml0
Of course, the Porthminster chapel isn't the only buried chapel in this area—most famous example is St Piran's Oratory nr Perranporth, a probably 10th- to 12th-century building w/ a likely unexcavated 8th-/9th-century stage given recent radiocarbon dates: http://stpiran.org/sites/st-pirans-oratory/ …pic.twitter.com/0UUApY3Mie
Stone head from the doorway of St Piran's Oratory and a model of the site, both in @Cornwall_Museum.pic.twitter.com/9zmt6ZBiB5
The interior of St Piran’s Oratory: http://stpiran.org/gallery/ pic.twitter.com/l25Myc60pK
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