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 THE CHURCHES OF CORNWALL 177 of 2 stages, with pyramidal slate roof. Much re- stored in 1854. (Registers, 1893.) St. Michael Caerhays. — This small church, re- stored in 1864 and again in 1883, was of Norm, cruciform design; it was re-dedicated in 1259. Walls of chancel, nave, and N. transept chiefly Norm. Blocked-up N. doorway is Norm., with Agnus Dei in relief on tympanum ; round font, of Pentewan stone, with good foliated work on bowl, is late in same period. S. chancel aisle of 2 bays, S. porch, and unbuttressed W. tower of 3 stages added in 15th cent. Arcade of chancel is hung with :? helmets, and a sword said to have been used by Sir ■<* Hugh Trevanion on Bosworth Field in 1485. In <? this aisle, too, is unseemly spectacle of a life-sized f} naval officer holding a real sword, modelled in ^ Coade's cheap patent imitative stone ; said to com- memorate one of the Bettesworth family, but only inscription is "Coade & Sealy, London, 1812." Good piscina niche with crocketed finials, c. 1400, in chancel. In transept are rood-stairs and a founder's sepulchral recess. (Registers, 1580.) St. Michael's Mount. — A church was founded here for Benedictines, as a cell of Mont St. Michel, by the Confessor in 1044 ; it became a great place for pilgrimages. Church or chapel was rebuilt in 15th cent., and possessed fine screen and many features of value, but it was so constantly altered in 19th cent, that almost all antiquarian interest has vanished. From the top of S.W. angle of M