ST PATRICK CHAPEL RUINS HEYSHAM MORECAMBE

            The ruins of St Patrick Chapel Heysham outside Morecambe, it is the oldest recorded chapel in England.
And it's graves that people are interested in as they climb the narrow stone steps to the clifftop where the ruin of St Patrick's chapel dominates the windy headland. Just below are the rock hewn graves -- empty now, or filled with water on rainy days. A base for a cross or headstone is cut by some and they're thought to be amongst the earliest examples of Christian burial in the country. Nobody knows who was buried in them, though some say they were for the privileged only, seeing that more than 90 other burials were found during an archaeological excavation in the early 1970s. They're very small, I notice, one especially could have been for a child. I wonder who those people were who wanted to spend eternity gazing out towards the Lake District hills. 
Legend has it that St Patrick was shipwrecked here, but was lucky enough to stumble ashore and that he built this chapel as a thanksgiving sometime in the 6th century. It's seems more likely though that it was built later, even around the same time as the church, and may have been a small monastery, possibly constructed to honour the remains of the inhabitants of the graves.

Taken on: August 30, 2007

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