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Scilly’s Archaeological Heritage
 
Price£4.50
AuthorThe Historic Environmental Unit, Cornwall County Council
FormatPaperback
PublisherTwelveheads Press
DescriptionThe Isles of Scilly is rich in archaeological remains, representing over four thousand years of occupation and including prehistoric houses, fields, ritual and burial sites; early chapels and churches; and post-medieval fortifications.

These monuments are remarkably well-preserved owing to the fact that they are built largely of stone and lie mainly on moorland or uninhibited islands untouched by modern farming. Not just individual sites, but whole landscapes survive. An unusual aspect is the presence of early remains below high water, the result of the submergence since prehistoric times of a much larger land mass. This book summarises Scilly’s archaeology and history and describes over seventy sites, chosen as the best examples on each island.
 
    
 

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