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Heysham Rock-Cut tombs

            Heysham Rock-Cut tombs at the ruined St Patrick's Chapel Heysham, 
On the headland about 10m above St Peter's church there are two sets of rock-cut tombs or graves. They probably date from the 10th century. Each grave is cut out of the sandstone.

 A set of six of these, two straight-sided and four body-shaped all with socket holes at the top where a wooden cross would have been placed. Two more rock-cut graves can be seen close by. The graves are often filled with rain water.

 In 1970 a cemetary to the S of this site was excavated and 85 sets of bones were found and dated to the 10th-11th century. The rock cut graves are grade 1 listed and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

 Also of interest here is the ruined St Patrick's Chapel, possibly dating back to 750 AD or a little later. The rectangular-shaped chapel measures roughly 27 feet by 9 feet. One of the best bits is the curved Anglo-Saxon doorway. The stonework consists of large lumps of rough-hewn sandstone with thinner stonework sections between and at the top.

 St Patrick may well have visited this place in the 5th century, though the chapel is much later - although it could have been built to commemorate his landing here. Certainly this is quite a fascinating early Christian site.

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Morecambe (show map)

Taken on: August 7, 2014

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Heysham Rock-Cut tombs

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