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The Eastern Isles ((コーンウォール語:Enesow Goonhyli), ''islands of the salt water downs'') are a group of twelve small uninhabited islands within the Isles of Scilly Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, part of the Scilly Heritage Coast and a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) first designated in 1971 for its flora and fauna. They have a long period of occupation from the Bronze Age with cairns and entrance graves through to Iron Age field systems and a Roman shrine on Nornour. Prior to the 19th century the islands were known by their Cornish name which had also become the name of the largest island in the group after the submergence of the connecting lands.〔Weatherhill, Craig, Place Names in Cornwall and Scilly, Wessex Books, 2005〕 ==Geography== The islands are located to the south–east of St Martin’s, and are within the Isles of Scilly Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and part of the Scilly Heritage Coast. The Isles are not as exposed to gales as the Western Rocks and consequently the soils do not receive so much salt spray, and remnant habitats such as coastal grassland and maritime heath have survived the inundation of the sea. If the practice of summer grazing had continued there would be even more grassland instead of the dense bramble which has smothered some of the small growing plants. The islands by area are: *Great Ganilly *Great, Middle and Little Arthur *Menawethan *Little Ganilly *Great Innisvouls *Great Ganinick *Nounour *Little Ganinick *Little Innisvouls *Ragged Island *Guther’s *Hanjague 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「Eastern Isles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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