NEW in v1.2: added St Michael's Mount Harbour and Porthleven Harbour
IMPORTANT: in order to see the boats in the scenes, you need to download Seafront Core Library which is availalble for free in MSFS store
St Michael's Mount is a tidal island in Mount's Bay, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The island is a civil parish and is linked to the town of Marazion by a man-made causeway of granite setts, passable between mid-tide and low water. It is managed by the National Trust, and the castle and chapel have been the home of the St Aubyn family since approximately 1650.
Historically, St Michael's Mount was a Cornish counterpart of Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy, France (with which it shares the same tidal island characteristics and the same conical shape, though it is much smaller, at 57 acres [23 ha], than Mont St Michel which covers 247 acres [100 ha])
St Michael's Mount may have been the site of a monastery from the 8th to the early 11th centuries. Edward the Confessor gifted the site to the Benedictine order of Mont Saint-Michel and it was a priory of that abbey until the dissolution of the alien houses as a side-effect of the war in France by Henry V. Subsequently it ceased to be a priory, but was reduced to being a secular chapel which was given to the Abbess and Convent of Syon at Isleworth, Middlesex, in 1424. Thus ended its association with Mont St Michel and any connection with Looe Island (dedicated to the Archangel Michael). It was a destination for pilgrims, whose devotions were encouraged by an indulgence granted by Pope Gregory in the 11th century. The earliest buildings on the summit, including a castle, date to the 12th century.
Sir Henry de la Pomeroy captured the Mount in 1193, on behalf of Prince John, in the reign of King Richard I, the leader of the previous occupants having 'died of fright' upon learning rumours of Richard's release from captivity. The monastic buildings were built during the 12th century.
John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, seized and held it during a siege of 23 weeks against 6,000 of Edward IV's troops in 1473–74. Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the English throne, occupied the Mount in 1497. Sir Humphrey Arundell, Governor of St Michael's Mount, led the Prayer Book Rebellion of 1549. During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, it was given to Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, by whose son it was sold to Sir Francis Bassett. During the Civil War, Sir Arthur Bassett, brother of Sir Francis, held the Mount against the Parliament until July 1646.
The Mount was sold in 1659 to Colonel John St Aubyn. As of 2021 his descendants, the Lords St Levan, remain seated at St Michael's Mount.
By 1811, there were 53 houses and four streets. The pier was extended in 1821 and the population peaked in the same year, when the island had 221 people. There were three schools, a Wesleyan chapel, and three public houses, mostly used by visiting sailors. Following major improvements to nearby Penzance harbour, and the extension of the railway to Penzance in 1852, the village went into decline, and many of the houses and other buildings were demolished.
During the 18th and 19th centuries, the structure of the castle was romanticised.
A short, underground narrow gauge railway was constructed in about 1900. It was used to bring goods up to the castle and take away rubbish. In 2018, the tramway was reported as being "still in regular use, perhaps not every day", and is not open to the general public, although a small stretch is visible at the harbour. It is Britain's last functionally operational 4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm) railway
St Michael's Mount is one of 43 unbridged tidal islands that one can walk to from mainland Britain. Part of the island was designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1995 for its geology.
The mount has featured in a number of films, including the 1979 film Dracula, where it was prominently featured as the exterior of Castle Dracula. It appeared in the 1983 James Bond film Never Say Never Again, as two guided missiles armed with nuclear warheads fly over the English countryside and out to sea, passing directly over St Michael's Mount. In the 2003 film Johnny English it was used as the exterior of the character Pascal Sauvage's French chateau. In 2012 it was a filming location for the fantasy adventure movie Mariah Mundi and the Midas Box, and in 2021 for the Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon.
NEW in v1.2: Porthleven is the most southerly port in Great Britain, it was a harbour of refuge when this part of the Cornish coastline was infamous for wrecks in the days of sail. Porthleven's most recognisable building is the Bickford-Smith Institute next to the pier and harbour entrance. It was built on the site of the old Fisherman's Arms and was opened on 16 December 1884. The clock tower on the west corner is 70 feet (21 m) high. The Institute was grade II listed on 18 March 1991 and currently houses the town council and a snooker club. It featured (along with various other scenes from the town) as the incident room in an episode of the TV detective series Wycliffe. A picture of the building against a large breaking wave sometimes appears in the background of BBC UK weather forecasts, particularly when windy conditions and rough seas are expected.
These scences were recreated using various photos and videos from the internet. Saint-Michael's Mount comes with its own lights and POI.
This mod is not intended for sale or resale.
Highseas
anyone using the ORBX Grets Britain South should defintly install this. its a billion timed better and overides the ORBX token gesture.
mv46 author
7 months ago
DownedAviator
Hi and thanks for the update.
Slight problem with this version though. In your previous version there was an exclusion zone around Saint Michael's Mount which helped deconflict with the Quanghoster West Cornwall addon. The exclusion zone seems to be missing in this update and I get two overlapping objects. I reverted to your previous version and it was fine again. I did do the recommended file renaming thing to force loading priority, so that is not the problem.
mv46 author
Indeed, it was missing for some reason. I added it back in v1.3
Thanks for the feedback!
1 years ago
jarnie
Unbelievable detail. You are a great scenery maker.
KevinBrook
Thanks for the update, there's nothing in the description to say what the udpate is for though?
Dreampilot58
Your file has issue that I can't open. I have RAR opener. It's not Success to open. I tried another one and did success.
hftey
A very good quality add-on. I had created a showcase base on this mod and you can view it here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJNCc9anl88
mv46 author
Excellent. Mind if I add this as a video preview?
3 years ago
StAubyn
Thanks a lot! I don't know why, but this tells me something...😂😂😂
cianpars
Really good add on, but I've been through 105 folders in my community folder and this is the one that is causing my content manager and market place not to load. I would really like to keep this - is there an easy fix for the issue?
I had an apostroohe in the folder name. I think if I rename it, it may resolve
mv46 author
Err, I don't have the slightest idea of what could cause this... Do you have a console log that could give me a clue?
3 years ago
PhyuckYiu
You sure this aint helms deep? Looks more like helms deep to me i tell you that..
PastyBoy74
YES YES YES!! Thank you for doing this!!
Sorely missing from MSFS, no longer thanks to your hard work!
Archer374
This is BRILLIANT! Thanks!
One of THE most important landmarks in England the WU neglected!
mv46 author
Yup, it was on the list you sent me :)
3 years ago
MrMo
Thanks!
KevinBrook
This looks fantastic, thankyou! I only fly around my home counties of Devon and Cornwall and therefore haven't come across your work before, but just checked your other creations out and, wow! Are you planning any more Devon and Cornwall castles? Berry Pomeroy especially is disgusting in the sim!
mv46 author
Hello,
Not in the short term but I can have a look into it :)
3 years ago
PACeX3
Wonderful work, thank you.
imb12
Thanks for St Michael's Mount!