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History & Culture

The islands are steeped in history from bronze age burial sites to 17th Century Castles and everything in between......
Historic Sites
Cromwells Castle Tresco
Cromwell's Castle
Tresco
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Cromwell's Castle
Tresco
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Valhalla Shipwreck Museum
Tresco
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Bronze Age Village
St Marys
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Menhir & Bronze age burial grounds
Gugh (St Agnes) 
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The Block House Ruins
Tresco
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Star Castle St Marys
St Helens
Star Castle
St Marys
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Pest House - (1700's)
St Helens (Uninhabited Island)
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The Garrison St Marys
King Charles' Castle
Tresco
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The Garrison
St Marys
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Tresco Abbey Gardens
Tresco
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Last Inhabitants of Samson
Samson (uninhabited island)
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