Clodgy Point to Hor Point in the distance I think
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Clodgy Point to Hor Point in the distance I think

Clodgy has an interesting meaning and goes back to the time when there were 'lazar-houses' in Cornwall to keep the infectious such as lepers out of town. There is such a one attested for St Ives. Clodgy comes from the Cornish words 'Klav' (sick) and 'Chi' (house) which mutates to 'Ji' so 'Klavji' = sick-house or hospital (in modern usage).
In the distance is Clodgy Point, the point forms a rocky island as the tide rises. Hor Point is another kilometre around the bend. Lepers were much misunderstood, they were not infectious.
 
Are you saying that Clodgy Point is the flat headland, or are you saying I m correct that it is the pointed crag below the cliff? Did I misread my OS map? As regards lepers being misunderstood, true: you would have to touch one of their small white, incipient sores to become infected yourself from what I recall.
 
Clodgy is the low rocky point, the grassy area above it is Burthallan Cliff. I visited a leper colony in Crete and we had the whole story from a grandson of one of the colony. It was the same here; anyone and everyone in the family, friends as well, were all bundled off to seclusion and deprivation, ill or not. Children and adults. Treated like a leper took on a whole new world of meaning when I knew the whole story. They were not allowed to have children, as it was feared it would be passed down. Untrue.
 

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