Innisidgen

Innisidgen

Entrance Grave at Inisidgen
Location St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall
Coordinates 49°56′06″N 6°17′30″W / 49.9349°N 6.2917°W / 49.9349; -6.2917Coordinates: 49°56′06″N 6°17′30″W / 49.9349°N 6.2917°W / 49.9349; -6.2917
Architectural style(s) British pre-Roman Architecture
Location of Innisidgen in Isles of Scilly

Innisidgen is the location of two cairns or entrance graves on the Isles of Scilly in Cornwall. It is noted on most good road atlases and was excavated in 1854.[1]

Part of Innisidgen is now small tidal island.

The nearest present-day settlement is Trenoweth.

Notes

  1. 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. Retrieved 11 April 2013.

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