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Natural Monuments

Roche Rock Chapel Ruins

Natural Monuments

Roche Rock Chapel Ruins

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Roche Rock Chapel Ruins

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Location: Cornwall, South West England, England, United Kingdom

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1. Bodmin Moor & the Cornish Alps loop from Truro

101km

05:36

1,430m

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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2. Mawgan Porth Beach – Padstow Harbour loop from Newquay

66.1km

03:11

880m

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3. Harlyn Bay Beach – Mawgan Porth Beach loop from St Eval

101km

05:17

1,520m

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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Natalie

July 12, 2022

Roche Rock is a granite outcrop looming 20m high. On top of the rock is the ruin of a chapel built in 1409.

There are plenty of legends surrounding the chapel. It is thought to have been lived in by a hermit and his daughter, hence another popular name for it being Roche Rock Hermitage. In medieval times it is said to have been occupied by a landowning family who had leprosy and wanted to protect loved ones from catching it.

The demon of Jan Tregeagle, an evil Cornish magistrate who was said to have made a pact with the devil in return for power, fame and success, tried to hide at Roche Rock after being set a series of impossible tasks to keep him out of hell until Judgement Day.

When the wind is blowing you might even hear wailing coming from the chapel walls.

Mat

May 14, 2017

On top of Roche Rock is a ruined chapel.

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Elevation 190 m

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Location: Cornwall, South West England, England, United Kingdom

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Roche Rock Chapel Ruins

1. Bodmin Moor & the Cornish Alps loop from Truro

2. Mawgan Porth Beach – Padstow Harbour loop from Newquay

3. Harlyn Bay Beach – Mawgan Porth Beach loop from St Eval

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