Chapel Island, Leven Estuary, Cumbria

Chapel Island in the Leven Estuary nr Ulverston, UK, on a cold November day. In the 14th century Cistercian monks from nearby Conishead Priory built a small cha...
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Chapel Island in the Leven Estuary nr Ulverston, UK, on a cold November day. In the 14th century Cistercian monks from nearby Conishead Priory built a small chapel on the island to serve the needs of travellers and fishermen working in the Leven fisheries. The Island lies on the path of the ancient crossing from Cartmel to Conishead and would have been a place of haven to travellers caught out by the tide. Tradition describes it's purpose to be the meeting for prayers with the travellers who cross the bay.
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