Porthlunney Cove is a popular Cornish beach which on a warm day will attract hudreds of visitors. With its cliffs, waves, sandy sheltered beach, rock pools and large accessible car park it has everything. Less than a mile the area has another attraction that few will have been aware of and even fewer will have visited.
Overlooking Caerhays castle and its estate St Michael's is entered through a traditional Cornish Lynchgate complete with a raised coffin rest.
Inside are memorials, stained glass windows and a great old organ.
On the day of my visit (mid August) the sun was streaming through the windows making lighting conditions far from ideal, thankfully HDR saved the day. This triplet processed using photomatix gives in my opinion an aesthetically pleasing result.
On each of my visits the church has been open.
Next time your down that way why not pop in, its never usually very busy unlike the cove, but if you remember to leave a little somthing in the donation pot to help maintain this beautiful building.
Caerhays is usually open every day for visiting
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