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Text Pages: St. Piran's Lost Oratory - Artificial Mound in England in Cornwall
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Submitted by AngieLake on Tuesday, 25 October 2005 Page Views: 5140
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 Site Name: St. Piran's Lost Oratory Alternative Name: St. Piran's Oratory
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Perranporth
Map Ref: SW768564
Latitude: 50.365071N Longitude: 5.139781W
Condition:| 5 | Perfect | | 4 | Almost Perfect | | 3 | Reasonable but with some damage | | 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site | | 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks | | 0 | No data. | | -1 | Completely destroyed |
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Ambience:| 5 | Superb | | 4 | Good | | 3 | Ordinary | | 2 | Not Good | | 1 | Awful | | 0 | No data. |
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Access:| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access | | 4 | Short walk on a footpath | | 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk | | 2 | A long walk | | 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find | | 0 | No data. |
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Accuracy:| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates | | 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map | | 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map | | 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village | | 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town | | 0 | no data |
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This 'lost oratory' was the site of a 6th century early Christian church established by St. Piran, an Irish missionary who was the patron saint of tinners, and the most important saint in Cornwall. It lies a few hundred yards west of the ancient cross that also bears his name, in the wide expanse of Penhale Sands. South of this area is Gear Sands upon which a sprawling holiday camp has been built, sadly spoiling the special atmosphere of this wild place. A little further south still is the popular holiday resort of Perranporth.
Because of constant erosion by wind and sand the remains of the building have been buried to protect it. The mound is now topped with a smallish granite stone and a plaque which reads:
"This stone is dedicated to the glory of God and in memory of St. Piran, Irish missionary and Patron Saint of Tinners, who came to Cornwall in 6th Century.
Beneath this stone is buried the Oratory which bears his name. Erected on the site hallowed by his prayers.
October 1980."
It is certainly worth the walk, and after finding it, and contemplating for a while what it might have once looked like, you can climb the high nearby sand-dune to stand under the huge modern cross that can be seen for miles around, and survey the whole sandy wildlife reserve .
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Re: St. Piran's Lost Oratory (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Thursday, 13 April 2006 | | Could this be the building that we camped outside of in the 1970? Can remember a gate across thew entrance and water inside. | [ Reply to This ]
Re: St. Piran's Lost Oratory (Score: 1)
by AngieLake on Friday, 14 April 2006
(User Info | Send a Message) | | I think the pic is on St Pirans Cross site page |
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Re: St. Piran's Lost Oratory (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Tuesday, 29 August 2006 | | As a boy in about 1962 I remember visiting the Lost Church. there was a doorway with a plank across to prevent access, and the church was filled with water. |
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Re: St. Piran's Lost Oratory (Score: 1)
by hamish (mikeinbristol@yahoo.com) on Tuesday, 29 August 2006
(User Info | Send a Message) | | I remember back in the '50s going here. In those days it was inside a concrete "nissen" hut.The spring used to flood it regularly. Because of vandalism ie. people taking away parts of the Oratory, it was decided to bury it in the sands again. |
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Re: St. Piran's Lost Oratory (Score: 1)
by AngieLake on Tuesday, 29 August 2006
(User Info | Send a Message) | | Everyone should note that the photos of St Pirans Lost Oratory are on the St Pirans Cross site page. Shame it doesn't have a site of its own really. | [ Reply to This ]
Re: St. Piran's Lost Oratory (Score: 1)
by AngieLake on Tuesday, 29 August 2006
(User Info | Send a Message) | | Excuse my dormant brain! I wrote that comment ON the b...... site page .... DOH! I just didn't know why the photos weren't put on to it. Also DONT FORGET THE APOSTROPHE! St. Piran's...., etc.... or the system won't find the page! |
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Re: St. Piran's Lost Oratory (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Thursday, 30 November 2006 | I was evacuated to Goonhavern Cornwall in 1942, from London, during the Blitz, and I recall the lost church on the beach somewhere near Perranporth but cannot recall exactly where. I was only 7 years old.
Can anyone tell me where I can see a picture of this church which I actually stood on the top of but only a few feet above the sand dunes. | [ Reply to This ]
Re: St. Piran's Lost Oratory (Score: 1)
by AngieLake on Thursday, 30 November 2006
(User Info | Send a Message) | Hello Anonymous
If you look at the photos on the St Piran's Cross site page you will see details of how to get to the Oratory in comments underneath them (and in text on page IIRC).
The original Oratory is now buried and marked by a stone. There is another ancient ruin, near the Cross, which was accessible when I last visited. |
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