St Agnes, Isles of Scilly
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St Agnes is the southernmost populated island of the Isles of Scilly. Thus the island's Troy Town Farm is the southernmost settlement in the United Kingdom.
The sandbar from St. Agnes to Gugh
A rock formation on the southwest side of St. Agnes that looks like an elephant
Bible Christian chapel
The Turk's Head, the only pub on St. Agnes
The Scilly naval disaster of 1707 was the loss of four warships of a Royal Navy fleet off the Isles of Scilly near the British mainland when they struck rocks on 22 October 1707. Between 1,400 and 2,0
St Agnes, Isles of Scilly
…Other landmarks include a standing stone known as the Nag's Head (probably a natural formation). In 1707, many of the sailors who had drowned in the great naval disaster off the Isles of Scilly were reputedly buried on the St Agnes playing field. The Troy Town Maze is said to have been laid out by the son of the lighthouse keeper in 1729, but…
c. 1739 engraving of the disaster, with HMS Association in the centre
Portrait of Sir Cloudesley Shovell by Michael Dahl
The Isles of Scilly. The Western Rocks, Crim Rocks and Bishop Rock all are in the lower left of this image.
Sir Cloudesley Shovell's monument in Westminster Abbey, by Grinling Gibbons