@byjacklynn: I visited a medieval hermits chapel built into a cliff and I can’t stop thinking about it. Here is what I saw As you approach the cliffs edge, it’s nothing but open water, until your feet step over the edge. It feels like a leap of faith, but just before you fall, the first step catches you and the chapel reveals itself The chapel sits within a narrow cleft in limestone cliffs, built in the 13th century. I can’t put into words what it feels like to see this doorway - it almost beckons you into another realm It has been a site of pilgrimage for centuries. Standing in this small room, I felt connected to all those who made the descent before me, our stories etched into its walls I wondered about the reasons they came. Did they seek out healing for themselves or loved ones? Legends tell of a well inside the chapel, said to heal disease Or perhaps they came to pray at St Govan’s altar, where it is said his remains lay The small opening in the chapel frames the waves below, a view that’s likely barely changed over the centuries. What went through the minds of those before me looking at this view? The stories say that St Govan was being chased by pirates when a cleft in the rock opened up, closing behind him until the pirates left The location of the construction is remarkable. Metres down a cliff face and likely without the ease of a staircase. I began to think about the builders, what made them choose this place? Hi, I’m Jacklynn and I travel in the pursuit of history. I feel deeply connected to those who’ve come before us and spend too much time wondering about their lives. Follow for more content like this! #History

Uta Burke :

I've been inside a 5,000 year old Cairn on top of Slieve Gullion in Ireland. That place was built before Jesus walked the earth and you will never forget that!

gmapeggy000 :

There must be a word for the feeling which you experience. I too love to stand where others once stood and see where others once saw and wonder what they thought and felt. I’d love a word for that yearning to connect

🌸 G 🌸 :

The view of the ocean and the fact that it hasn’t changed and many people have seen that same view and stood in that very same spot. Thats what gets me.

Neaven Langrish :

We are planning to make a medieval film in wales next summer and would love to get any location recommendations from you because this is so good🙏🤩

lynne :

this place is in a movie but can't remember the name only saw it once

gingerfrance975 :

Dang, it's beautiful but it would be cold and damp in the winter!

polkadotmadness :

The way you described it honestly it feels like in another life, you lived there; or an ancestors of yours did; and somehow you found your way back after being apart from it for far too lo

The Georgia Johnson 🇦🇺 :

I went last weekend!

Legionnaire 1 :

I recognise the building. Season 3 of His Dark Materials 2022 HBO Lyra was held captive here by Mrs Coulter

Em :

its so nice to see someone whos so weirdly connected to the past like me i love it so much

Angi :

Thanks, now I’m going to always think about that view and that it’s remained mostly unchanged for centuries and that mere fact that we can stand where someone long before us stood and admire the same view

It's Shannon⁷ :

Do you need a personal assistant or secretary to go on these adventures with you?!!! I learn SO MUCH new stuff thru you it's awesome. Thank you!

cieralvarez :

Now this is what I like to see while doomscrolling at 2:00 AM

nick :) :

I was there in 2023

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I want more friends like this💔

juliafoolia :

You are my favorite traveler to follow on TikTok!! I feel like you go to all of the places on my bucket list ❤️thank you for exploring these places and showing them to me and others until one day I can go myself!

Saul Vincent 691 :

That looks like the hideout used in His Dark Materials with Dafne Keen.

Jo’s Kitchen :

No Scrubs 💅 :

You’re living my dream life Jacklynn

Greeneyedpup :

LadyStoneheart :

If a hermit, he may have built that completely by his own hands. What a beautiful thing he created for earth and humanity. 800 years of cultivation and more to come.

BLURRED BY JB :

oh how i love history

Berty :

Should check out my family's hermitage at Warkworth castle if you ever travel to Northumberland. Sir Bertram of Bothal

BellaBlueilikeyou :

Was that hole in the floor a toilet?

␈𝓼𝓱𝓾𝓽𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓯𝓾𝓬𝓴𝓾𝓹␈ :

Slide number 7 i think is the craziest because wym for hundreds of years the view out that window has barley changed, the amount of people who have looked through the same window to see the same view