Posted on 2025-10-02
Hugh Bennett Hugh Bennett

St Goven`s Chapel Pembrokeshire

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  • £325.00

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Description

St Govan's Chapel is a chapel located at St Govan's Head, Pembrokeshire in south west Wales. Built into the side of a limestone cliff, the building measures 20 by 12 feet with walls constructed from limestone.
Acrylic on stretched canvas frame. Canvas 50 cm x 45cm x 10mm
I used palette knives and brushes.
It has been professionally framed, black frame, and is ready to hang.
Frames total dimensions 59 cm x 49cm & depth 2 cm
Original.
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The legend of St Govan's Chapel in Pembrokeshire tells of a 5th or 6th-century hermit monk named St Govan who, pursued by pirates, was miraculously saved when a narrow cleft opened in the cliff for him to hide. He lived in the cell, eating fish and drinking from a spring, and used a magic bell to warn locals of returning pirates. The pirates stole the bell, but angels retrieved it after their ship was sunk in a storm. The chapel was later built into the rock on the site of his cell, and the marks from his ribs are said to be visible in the rock. The chapel was built into the cliff face in the 13th century, though parts of it may date from the time St Govan first lived there.
Legend also has it that no matter how carefully you count the steps which lead down to it from the footpath above, you’ll never get the same number on the way back up.

Material

  • Canvas

Dimensions

Canvas 50 cm x 45cm x 10mm

Style

  • Impressionistic

Subject

  • Landscapes & Sea and Sky

Framed

Yes