Came across this grotto by accident, if you have good eyesight you will see that it was dug out of the rock over 200 years ago by a Naval man called Lugger partly for a cure for his gout...it must certainly have kept him busy.
On the roof he inscribed verse (how did he have any energy left for that ?) but I think you have to sit inside to be abel to read all of it. A locked gate prevented entry so never got the chance to take a closer look.
In front of the grotto was (before 1784) a Pilchard Palace (fish processing plant) , you can just see the square holes in the rock where wooden beams used to be. Pilchards were big business in Cornwall but I think (like most of the fishing industry) they are having a hard time now. If you fancy easting some The Pilchard Works will mail them !Historical photos of the area
Satellite photo
7 comments:
colours are great in this shots!
Very nice sequence of images and tales. I love the story about the man making the grotto and the pilchards. Tins of pilchards were on sale here in Holland years ago and I often had the ones with tomatosauce. I do not remember having seen them these last years. (Aren't pilchards young herrings?)
Very interesting find. Thanks for sharing.
Truly facinating...well documented.
A great series of shots and excellent background story to boot. Thanks for sharing this!
I very much enjoyed the story, and very nice photos too :)
VERY interesting! Love to see things like this.
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