There are other of these smugglers’ resorts extant in Cornwall, usually built up underground--one such at Marsland, in Morwenstow; another at Helliger, near Penzance. The Penrose cave is, however, cut out of the solid rock, and the pickmarks are distinctly traceable throughout. At the end, someone has cut his initials in the rock, with the date 1747. CHAPTER XVIII. PENZANCE Penzance, the Holy Headland--Madron--A disciple of S. Piran-- Madron Well--The Feast--Climate--The Irish Colonisation-- Penwith--S. Breage--Tregonning Hill--Pencaer--Movements of S. Breage--Cross of coagulated blood--Frescoes--Former extent of Breage--Sithney--Germoe Church and Chair--Germoe’s story--Pengersick Castle--The Millatons--The Giant’s throw-- Godolphin Hall--Skewis and Henry Rogers--Clowance--The Irish invaders--Gwinear--Ludgvan--The flower farms--S. Hilary--S. Michael’s Mount--Submerged forest--Castel-an-Dinas-- Chysauster huts--The “Rounds”--Newlyn--The Breton Newlyna. Penzance, the most western market town in Cornwall, is of comparatively modern growth. Formerly it was but a fishing village, occupying a promontory now distinguished as the quay, where stood a chapel dedicated to S. Anthony. The name signifies the Holy Head, or Headland, and there was probably a chapel on the projecting finger of land long before the time of S. Anthony of Padua (1231), whose cult was fostered by the Franciscan Order. It is not improbable that on this headland there may have been a camp, in which case the dedication is merely a misconception of An-Dinas. The town arms are S. John the Baptist’s head on a charger, also through misconception, the Holy Head being supposed to be his. On the east side of the town near the shore was Lis-Cadock, or the Court of Cadock. At one time the entrenchments were very distinct, but they have now disappeared. This Cadock is probably Cado, Duke of Cornwall, cousin of King Arthur, and famous as a warrior in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s lying history. The termination _oc_ is a diminutive. Penzance is in the parish of Madron, the founder of which, S. Maternus, as he is called in Latin, is the Irish Medrhan, a disciple of S. Kieran, or Piran. His brother Odran was closely attached to S. Senan. Madron and Odran were but lads of from ten to fourteen when they first visited S. Piran to ask his advice about going a pilgrimage. He very sensibly recommended them to go to school first, and he retained them with himself, instructing them in letters. The Irish have no tradition that he was buried in the Emerald Isle, so that in all probability he laid his bones in Cornwall. There was a famous well at Madron, but it has lost its repute of late years, and has fallen into ruin.