St. Helen's
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| Waters | Celtic sea | |
| Archipelago | Isles of Scilly | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 58 ′ 21 ″ N , 6 ° 19 ′ 30 ″ W | |
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| surface | 20 ha | |
| Highest elevation | 42 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
St Helen’s ( Cornish : Enys Elidius ) belongs to the Isles of Scilly and is located 500 m northwest of Teän and 1.5 km northeast of Tresco . The highest point of the 20 hectare , uninhabited island is 42 m above sea level.
The island got its name from St. Elidius , who built a monastery here in the 8th century and was also buried in it. A chapel was built in his honor, which was a place of pilgrimage in the early Middle Ages.
St. Helen's is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and is administered by the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust . As in most of the Isles of Scilly, there are several stone tombs of various sizes on St. Helen's .
Plague house
The St. Helen's Isolation Hospital is a corporation founded in 1764 Quarantine Station. Patients who went ashore in Old Grimsby or St. Helen's were treated here . Only the restored foundation walls and the associated cemetery remain of the station today.
literature
- Craig Weatherhill: Cornish Placenames and Language . Wilmslow: Sigma Leisure 1995 ISBN 1850584621
Web links
- Classification for the SSSI (PDF; 50 kB)
- About the nature of the island (PDF; 313 kB)
- Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust
- Information about the plague house (Engl.)