St Helen's Pool
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St Helen's
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 St Helen's
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| Geography | |
| Coordinates | 49°58′23″N 6°19′30″W / 49.973°N 6.325°WCoordinates: 49°58′23″N 6°19′30″W / 49.973°N 6.325°W |
| OS grid reference | SV900170 |
| Archipelago | Isles of Scilly |
| Area | 0.073 sq mi (0.19 km2) |
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| Civil parish | Tresco |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
St Helen's (Cornish: Enys Elidius) is one of the fifty or so uninhabited islands in the archipelago of the Isles of Scilly and has an approximate area of 0.1885 square kilometres (46.6 acres). On the south side of the island is one of the earliest Christian sites in Scilly, an early medieval religious complex, which is thought to be the remains of St Elidius Hermitage, an 8th-century chapel lived in by Saint Lide, (also known as Elid or Elidius). There are also the remains of an isolation hospital used to quarantine sailors with plague. The island is the major part of a Site of Special Scientific Interest and some features have been given the designation of scheduled ancient monument. Access to the island is through chartered or private boat, although there are some season trips throughout the summer. St Helen's is currently managed by the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust.
St Helen’s is the third largest of the uninhabited islands and is situated in the northern part, between Tresco and St Martin’s. It has an area of 18.85 hectares (47 acres) and rises to 42 m (138 ft). Some of the nearby islands are considered to be part of the St Helen’s group, these are; Foreman’s Island, Men-a-vaur, Northwethel, Round Island and Teän. The island mostly consists of a hill of coarse-grained, highly jointed Hercynian granite. The landing site for the island is on a sandy beach on the south side where there are the remains of a granite quay and low sand dunes at the top of the beach. The ruined pest house is situated on a flat area behind the dunes and further inland the religious complex is based at the foot of the hill. To the east of the complex is a well and the walls of several fields.
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