Day 3
Saint Michael’s Mount
St Michael's Mount is a small tidal island in Mount's Bay, Cornwall.
In Cornish it’s: Karrek loos yn koos.
The earliest buildings on it date back to the 12th century. It is the same as Mont Saint Michel in France. By the time of the Norman conquest in 1066, St Michael’s Mount had come into the possession of the monks. In the 12th century it was their hands that built a church that still lies at the heart of the castle today.
Carina
What we did there :
We took the boat to go to St Michael's Mount. When we arrived, we shopped in a small shop of souvenirs and after that we visited the castle during aproximately 1 hour. The castle used to be a monastery, a fortress and a family house before being a museum.
After that, we ate our lunch and we went to the beach to make our drawing .
Islammyanti
Geevor Tin Mine
Geevor Tin Mine is on Cornwall’s Atlantic coast and is the largest preserved mine site in the country. In 1838, around 5 000 children, some as young as seven were employed in Cornish mines. Children would be expected to work the same 10 hours a day as the adults. They would sometimes learn reading and writing at Sunday school. In 1842, a Mines Act was issued by the Queen which banned women and boys under the age of ten from working underground in mines and restricted work hours for children under thirteen.
Carina
What we did there :
We visited the place miners used as locker room to shower and change and we saw how they collected tin.
We went in the mine and after that we looked for stones and gems in the sand. We had to wear yellow helmets.
Marina
