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St Patrick's Shipwreck and the Rock Graves

Graves cut in the rock.

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St Patrick's Shipwreck and the Rock Graves

Saved from the sea.

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Ruined chapel and rock-cut graves
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Before you go

National Trust headland; free. Check before you go.

  • St Patrick's Chapel
  • Near A683
  • The pin marks the spot.

Washed ashore, he built here.

Local legend says St Patrick came ashore at Heysham after a shipwreck and founded a chapel on the headland. The ruined chapel is later, and beside it are body-shaped graves cut into the rock.

Sources

  1. St Patrick's Chapel, Heysham, Wikipedia —
  2. Things to see on the Heysham Coast, National Trust —
  3. St Patrick's Chapel & Rock Cut Graves, NT Heritage Records —

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