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48: 370: 2045: 64: 1936: 887:. Some of the hut circles are integrated into the field walls of which there are three or four irregular shaped fields 30.0 m (98 ft) to 50.0 m (164 ft) across. The hut circles have an internal width of 4.0 m (13 ft) to 6.0 m (20 ft). A number of finds of flint, bone and pottery of unknown date have been deposited with the Isles of Scilly Museum on 71: 354:. This increased the numbers of pilgrims visiting the site due to it being the shrine of Elidius, and many alterations and remodeling were made to the complex. Additionally, further excavations of the site have uncovered decorated ridge-tiles and parts of the 12th century Purbeck Marble shrine that is thought to have once housed Saint Elidius 598:). In the past the areas around the buildings would have been cultivated or grazed and North reported the island was uncultivated during his visit in 1850. To allow access for visitors to the August church service, the tall vegetation is cut around the ruined buildings and on the path from the landing place. 554:) and is comparatively rich compared with many of the other islands; probably because St Helen's has less salt spay due to its comparatively sheltered position being surrounded by other islands. The long history of human settlement has also allowed for the establishment of additional species, either by 903:
visited the island one afternoon in May 1957 and recorded fifty-four species of plant, despite finding most of the island covered in a tangle of bracken and bramble to 1 m (3 ft) high and difficult to penetrate. Unusual plants (for the Isles of Scilly) in the brackish pool are sea-milkwort
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with a cairn field of up to nine cairns including one that has a chamber 5.5 m (18 ft) in diameter with two cover stones still in place. The chamber is oriented east to west and 3.0 m (10 ft) long, 1.36 m (4.5 ft) wide at the centre and 0.45 m (18 in) at the
875:) is a 4.63 hectares (11.4 acres) and 15.2 m (50 ft) high island in Old Grimsby Channel, off Grimble Porth, Tresco. The island consists of two hills connected by a low stretch of land. There is a sandy beach at the landing area on the south and a small brackish pool behind the sea bank. 1876: 442:
to serve it. The pest house was still open to receive patients from quarantined vessels. The hospital building is a rectangular, roofless building, 7 m by 5.5 m externally with a two–roomed extension on its east side. The walls of the building are 0.6 m wide and 3 m high, and are constructed of
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cairn field on the island consists of four ring cairns on the slight north-west facing slope. The first cairn is 4 m in diameter with a ring of earth with protruding spaced stones, 1m wide and 0.2 m high. The second cairn is oval 4 m by 3 m with a ring 0.4 m wide and 0.2 m high, incorporate two
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site, with a single round hut and oratory, to a communal hermitage with a number of rectangular huts for individual accommodation, surrounding the church and oratory buildings. Five graves from the early hermitage were also excavated east of the living section. A field system was also present
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funding through the Isles of Scilly (IOS) Grant Scheme, administered by Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Community Grants Programme (CIOS). There is also a graveyard associated with the pest house which is known to include the grave of a 27-year-old naval
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landed on the island in the mistaken belief they were on Tresco and a roughly rectangular enclosure with two sides of drystone walling is a possible ″Parliamentary army shelter″. On the west side of the island are the remains of a rusting ship.
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contiguous slabs embedded on edge. The third cairn is 6 m in diameter with a ring with spaced stones averaging 1m wide and 0.3 m high. The fourth cairn is 4 m in diameter with a ring of spaced stones which averages 0.7 m wide and 0.2 m high.
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providing food for the Hermitage/Chapel, and later the Pest House residents. In the early 11th-century a small church was built on the north east side of the living section and around 1120 AD the church was granted to
272:. It has an area of 18.85 hectares (47 acres) and rises to 42 m (138 ft). Some of the nearby islands are considered to be part of the St Helen's group, these are; Foreman's Island, Men-a-vaur, Northwethel, 773:) is a 0.37 hectares (0.91 acres) low-lying island on the south side of St Helen's Pool between Teän and Tresco. It is one of a group of rocks and islets of importance for breeding seabirds. The common froghopper ( 2976: 535:″. Lousley found large areas of cliffs and rocks were also covered with Hottentot fig which is spread by gulls carrying the plant to their nests. It can then take root and spread over bare ground and vegetation. 472:
Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and is designated for its rare flora and breeding seabirds. The SSSI was first notified in 1971, re-notified in 1986 and covers all land above the mean high-water mark.
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at the top of the beach. The ruined pest house is situated on a flat area behind the dunes and further inland the religious complex is based at the foot of the hill. To the east of the complex is a
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on St Helen's make up a large amount of the total 387 surviving cairns on the Isles of Scilly, and so have been registered as an ancient monument. The remaining
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mortared rubble with other details picked out in larger stones. The building has recently been repaired and stabilized to prevent its collapse with the help of
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St Helen's Pool is a stretch of water just off St Helen's island which provided sheltered anchorage for shipping, though there is a chance ships may experience
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of the outer islands of the Isles of Scilly is generally poorly recorded because of, both the difficulty of reaching them, and the length of the time spent.
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which has helped to develop deeper soils on the lower ground. Around the pest house there is rank grassland and scrub with flowering plants such as hemlock (
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surveyed the vegetation in 1957 the soil was only one or two inches deep, grey and with granite chips. The most abundant plant was buck's-horn plantain (
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of 0.1885 square kilometres (46.6 acres). On the south side of the island is one of the earliest Christian sites in Scilly, an early
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from ships for anchorage in St Helen's Pool, as it is considered that it was the main harbour of the islands in medieval times.
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across the downs to the church on St Helen's Isle. Currently there are yearly open air service on 8 August to celebrate the
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Brakefield, P M (1990). "Genetic drift and patterns of diversity among-colour polymorphic populations of the homopteran
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religious complex, which is thought to be the remains of St Elidius Hermitage, an 8th-century chapel lived in by
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St Helen's has a long history of habitation and when Issac North visited the islands in 1850 he reported goats (
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religious complex that is thought to be the remains of St Elidius Hermitage, an 8th-century chapel lived in by
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St Helen's is the third largest of the uninhabited islands and is situated in the northern part, between
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should anchor off this island. The station included the building of an isolation hospital as well as a
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On the north-west side of the island there is an area of maritime grassland with abundant thrift (
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on the eastern cliffs, while Parslow (2007) records a large colony of lesser black-backed gull
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who was sent to treat the sick and died within a week himself, and various passengers from
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entrance. There is also a prehistoric field system and a settlement with (probably) six
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Biological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
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Ferns, Clubmosses, Quillworts and Horsetails of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
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In 1940 the highest land on St Helen's was covered in maritime heath with ling (
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The lower lying ground to the south of the hill, has deeper soils with black
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Pentle Bay, Merrick and Round Islands Site of Special Scientific Interest
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and white sand grains. The flora is dominated by a tangle of bracken (
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species; it is one of the reasons why the Isles of Scilly is a
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Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the Isles of Scilly
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Summarised data for all sites (biological and geological)
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Blair K G (1931). "The Beetles of the Scilly Islands ".
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Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1971
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Cooper (2006) recorded a few great black-backed gull
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in 1754 decreed that any plague-ridden ship north of
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and some features have been given the designation of
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It was constructed after an 406:St Helen's Isolation hospital, also known as the 2951:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset 1448:Charles Johns; Richard Larn; Bryn Perry Tapper. 345:suggest that the site developed from a solitary 1821:Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 574:) and good populations of balm-leaved figwort ( 1955:The Isles of Scilly Area of Outstanding Beauty 1075:"St Helen's (with Northwethel and Men-a-vaur)" 2946:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Devon 2302: 1980: 1443: 1441: 1225:"Introductions to Heritage Assets-Hermitages" 990:for the linking of islands by a sandy bar or 693:) was seen on low cliffs in 1964 and rabbit ( 215: 36: 8: 470:St Helen's (with Northwethel and Men-a-vaur) 29: 1855:. 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Newton Abbot: David & Charles. 835:Lousley recorded common scurvygrass ( 755:Other islands in the St Helen’s group 418:cases from visiting ships calling at 7: 2423:Carricknath Point to Porthbean Beach 1723:Secret Nature of the Isles of Scilly 723:and an overflow colony of kittiwake 699:) has not been recorded since 1980. 493:) which was destroyed by fires from 244:. 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(1919). 1628:The Flora of the Isles of Scilly 1421:"Isles of Scilly Cruising Guide" 820:) and puffin. Peregrine falcon ( 69: 62: 2898:Shipman Head & Shipman Down 2722:Steeple Point to Marsland Mouth 2428:Carrine Common & Penwethers 1502:Peter Murphy (6 October 2009). 1029:Cornish Placenames and Language 414:station built in 1764 to house 2757:Tregonetha & Belowda Downs 2658:Porthgwarra to Pordenack Point 2378:Borlasevath and Retallack Moor 1385:Library. London: HarperCollins 988:Geological Conservation Review 739:and a small colony of puffin ( 460:who also died at the station. 254:Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust 1: 2908:St Martin's Sedimentary Shore 2363:Bedruthan Steps and Park Head 1576:A Week in the Isles of Scilly 1573:North, Issac William (1850). 610:Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima 394:of Tresco may have collected 2553:Lower Bostraze and Leswidden 1396:"Valhalla - Friar Tuck 1863" 1138:www.ios-wildlifetrust.org.uk 649:Special Area of Conservation 2823:Big Pool and Browarth Point 2782:Upper Fal Estuary and Woods 1782:in an island archipelago". 1725:. 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Northwethel

St Helen's is located in Isles of Scilly
49°58′23″N 6°19′30″W / 49.973°N 6.325°W / 49.973; -6.325
OS grid reference
SV900170
Isles of Scilly
Civil parish
Tresco
Cornish
archipelago
Isles of Scilly
area
medieval
Saint Lide
plague
Site of Special Scientific Interest
scheduled ancient monument
Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust
Tresco
St Martin's
Round Island
Teän
Hercynian
granite
sand dunes
well
cairns
Bronze Age
medieval

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