St. Michael’s Mount

• St. Michael’s Mount is a tidal island with a castle off the coast of Cornwall opposite the town of Marazion.
• It is linked to the town by a causeway which becomes visible at low tide.

Description

• During the Bronze Age, It may have been Ictis or Mictis in the Tin Islands of the Ancient Tin Trade.

Mont Saint-Michel

• It was the site of a monastery between the 8th-11th centuries CE.
• Edward the Confessor (1042-1066 CE) gave the island to the Benedictine Monastery at Mont Saint-Michel, another tidal island off the coast of Normandy. The relationship ended in 1424 CE.
• A Norman Church, Priory, Castle and Harbour were built in the 12th century CE.

St. Michael’s Mount