Eastern Isles, Great Ganilly

Name: Eastern Isles
Address: Great Ganilly, United Kingdom

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The Eastern Isles are a group of twelve small uninhabited islands within the Isles of Scilly Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, part of the Scilly Heritage Coast and a Site of Special Scientific Interest first designated in 1971 for its flora and fauna. They have a long period of occupation from the Bronze Age with cairns and entrance graves through to Iron Age field systems and a Roman shrine on Nornour. Before the 19th century, the islands were known by their Cornish name, which had also become the name of the largest island in the group after the submergence of the connecting lands. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 49°57'6"N, 6°15'24"W

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Great Ganilly United Kingdom

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Eastern Isles – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Porth Hellick, Tresco Priory, St Martin's Methodist Church, Halangy Down.

2.7 miSW
49°54'58"N • 6°17'5"W
Porth Hellick
71 min walk • Beach
3.3 miW
Monastery
Tresco Priory, Tresco
85 min walk • Tresco Priory is a former monastic settlement on Tresco, Isles of Scilly founded in 946 AD. It was re-founded as the Priory of St Nicholas by monks from Tavistock Abbey in 1114.
1.3 miNW
Church
St Martin's Methodist Church, St Martin's
34 min walk • The Methodist Church, St Martin's, Isles of Scilly is a Grade II listed chapel in St Martin's, Isles of Scilly.
2.7 miSW
Prehistoric site
Halangy Down, Isles of Scilly
69 min walk • Halangy Down is a prehistoric settlement located on the island of St Mary's, in the Isles of Scilly. The ancient site covers the lower slope of Halangy Down hill, overlooking the coastal inlet between the island of St. Mary's and Tresco Island.
3.5 miW
Church
St Nicholas's Church, Tresco
89 min walk • St Nicholas's Church, Tresco, is a parish church in the Church of England located in Tresco, Isles of Scilly, UK.
3.2 miW
Historical place, Forts and castles
Old Blockhouse, Tresco
82 min walk • The Old Blockhouse, also known as the Dover Fort, is a 16th-century fortification on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly. It was built between 1548 and 1551 by the government of Edward VI to protect the islands against French attack.
3.4 miW
Botanical garden, Fishing charters and tours, Boat tours
Tresco Abbey Gardens, Tresco
87 min walk • Tresco Abbey Gardens are located on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. The 17 acre gardens were established by the nineteenth-century proprietor of the islands, Augustus Smith, originally as a private garden within the grounds of the home he designed and built.
3.2 miSW
Forts and castles
Harry's Walls, Isles of Scilly
82 min walk • Harry's Walls are the remains of an unfinished artillery fort, started in 1551 by the government of Edward VI to defend the island of St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly.
2.7 miSW
Ruins, Prehistoric site
Bant's Carn, St Mary's
69 min walk • Bant's Carn is a Bronze Age entrance grave located on a steep slope on the island of St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly, England. The tomb is one of the best examples of a Scillonian entrance grave. Below Bant's Carn, lies the remains of the Iron Age village of Halangy Down.
2 miSW
Archaeological site
Innisidgen, St Mary's
50 min walk • Innisidgen is the site of two Bronze Age entrance graves on the island of St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly. The two burial monuments, lie on a steep slope of Innisidgen Hill overlooking Crow Sound with a view towards the Eastern Isles.
2.5 miSW
Prehistoric site
Porth Hellick Down, St Mary's
65 min walk • Porth Hellick Down is a Neolithic and Bronze Age archeological site located on the island of St Mary's, in the Isles of Scilly in Great Britain.