 | 1837 - 524 pages
...about a mile in circumference, and comprehends 70 acres of surface. The Mount is 231 feet in height from the level of the sea to the platform of the chapel tower. The ascent is steep, and is defended by two small batteries ; the summitis occupied by the remains... | |
 | Jamus Hairby (M.D.) - Le Mont-Saint-Michel (France) - 1841 - 232 pages
...reach of tradition or historical record. This pyramidical mass of rocks , which is 23i feet high , from the level of the sea to the platform of the chapel , is only insulated and separated at high water from the main land1 : it is connected with the town... | |
 | John Thomas Blight - Cornwall (England : County) - 1860 - 206 pages
...the shore at Marazion about 400 yards. Its circumference is rather more than a mile, and its height from the level of the sea to the platform of the chapel, as ascertained by the barometer, is 231 feet. This mount is connected with Marazion, at low water,... | |
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Mount is 231 feet in height from the level of the sea to the platform of the chapel tower. 