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Annet ((コーンウォール語:Anet), ''kittiwake'') is the second largest of the fifty or so uninhabited Isles of Scilly, one km west of St Agnes with a length of one km〔Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7〕 and approximately 22 ha in area. The low-lying island is almost divided in two by a narrow neck of land at West Porth which can, at times, be covered by waves. At the northern end of the island are the two granite carns of Annet Head and Carn Irish and three smaller carns known as the Haycocks. The rocky outcrops on the southern side of the island, such as South Carn, are smaller. Annet is a bird sanctuary and the main seabird breeding site in Scilly.〔Robinson, P. (2003) The Birds of the Isles of Scilly. London: Christopher Helm.〕 The island is closed to the public from 15 April to 20 August every year to limit the disturbance to the breeding seabirds for which it has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). It is also within part of the Isles of Scilly Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), Isles of Scilly Heritage Coast and part of Plantlife’s, Isles of Scilly Important Plant Area〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.plantlife.org.uk/uploads/documents/Isles_of_Scilly.pdf )〕 The island is managed by the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust〔Parslow R (2007) ''The Isles of Scilly''. London: HarperCollins〕 who lease it from the Duchy of Cornwall. ==History== Little has been found on Annet in the way of human remains apart from a prehistoric hut circle, a fragmentary field system and several limpet middens. Bones of cattle and sheep were found indicating that they were eaten here and probably grazed the island.〔 It is proposed to designate the whole of Annet as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The name of the island is first recorded in 1302 as ''Anet''. Also recorded as ''Anete'' in 1305, ''Anet'' in 1339, ''Agnet'' in 1570 and ''Agnet iland'' alias ''Annett'' in 1650. In the 19th century Annet was ″''used for pasturage by the inhabitants of other islands''″ although with only one freshwater seepage there could not have been many animals grazing on the island. The SS ''Castleford'' struck the Crebawethans in June 1877 and led to some of her cargo of 250 to 450 cattle being landed on the island and staying there for up to ten days. Gurney (1889) reported that ″''… the animals trampled everything and would have caused an immense amount of damage at the peak of the shearwater and storm petrel nesting season''″.〔Gurney (1889) Notes on the Isles of Scilly and the Manx Shearwater (''Puffinus anglorum'') Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturlists' Society. In Parslow R (2007) ''The Isles of Scilly''. London: HarperCollins〕 It seems unlikely that many stayed for ten days because of the need for fresh water. Cattle were washed up on the Cornish coast as far as Mount's Bay and St Ives.〔 Another ship wrecked nearby, the worlds only seven-masted schooner, the ''Thomas W Lawson'' spilled her cargo of oil on 14 December 1907 causing the loss of many birds. In 1971 Rex Cowan found the wreck of the VOC ''Hollandia'' together with a large quantity of coins, bronze cannons and mortars. The ship hit Gunner Rock on 13 July 1743 with the loss of 276 lives. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Annet, Isles of Scilly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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