Celtic Recipes

Marazion (Marghasyow) is west along the A394 from Breage, about two miles east of Penzance and on the shore of Mounts Bay. The town is recorded in the 1088 Domesday Book. It is a popular tourist destination with a number of art galleries. About half a mile offshore is St Michaels Mount accessed by a causeway at low tide and passenger ferry otherwise.

Breage (Eglosvreg) is a village north from Porthleven and about three miles from Helston on the A394. It is named after Saint Breaca, an Irish missionary. The granite church of St Breaca/Breage is dedicated to him and was built in the fifteenth century. On the north wall of the church are five medieval wall paintings and a third century Roman milestone is preserved in the church and in the churchyard is a Hiberno-Saxon cross head.

Helston/Henllys is a town north from Lizard along the A3083 about nine miles west of Falmouth and is at the north end of the Lizard Peninsula. The town is the location for the annual Furry Dance (Flora Dance) which is thought to have its roots in medieval times. Helston, on the River Cober, was an inland port but was then isolated from the sea by a sand bar, which created the large fresh water lake known as Loe Pool. Within the town is Helston Folk Museum which provides information in regard to the social and industrial history of the area. The Flambart Experience is a theme park to the south of the town and the Poldark Mine in Wendron gives an experience of the life and workings of the old tin mine that existed there.

Mullion (Eglosvelyan) is a village north from Lizard along the A3083 and west on the B3296 at Penhale. The Village acts as an important amenity centre on the Peninsula and is popular for visitors. Mullion Cove is a sheltered harbour one mile south of Mullion with Mullin Island, an uninhabited island offshore from the Cove which is important for birdlife.