Black Rock | island, lighthouse

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  paulfr

  St. Mawes was the tenth son of an Irish king and his name is revered not only here but in Brittany too, where he is known as St. Maudez and, possibly St. Malo. His stone chair is still preserved in the wall of a house in St. Mawes village. One day, so the legend goes, he was sitting there preaching when a noisy seal came out of the sea and interrupted him with its barking. After a while he became impatient, picked up a large rock and threw it at the animal. It missed, but legend tells us that the rock still remains where it fell, wedged on top of the Black Rocks halfway across Falmouth Harbour.

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