Innisidgen
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Innisidgen is a location on the coast of St Mary's, the largest of the Isles of Scilly in Cornwall. There are two cairns or prehistoric entrance graves here. Part of Innisidgen is now small tidal island.
The place is found on the north coast of the island, overlooking Crow Sound towards the Eastern Isles (and is noted on most good road atlases). The nearest present-day village is Trenoweth.
Innisidgen and was excavated in 1854.[1] Today the site of the entrance graves is in the care of English Heritage.
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- Location map: 49°56’6"N, 6°17’30"W
- Streetmap: SV920121
References
- ↑ Julian Cope (1998). The Modern Antiquarian: A Pre-millennial Odyssey Through Megalithic Britain : Including a Gazetteer to Over 300 Prehistoric Sites. Thorsons Pub. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-7225-3599-8. http://books.google.com/books?id=PbNgQgAACAAJ. Retrieved 11 April 2013.