Great Ganilly (, kw, Goonhyli Veur "great saltwater
downs")
is one of the
Eastern Isles
The Eastern Isles ( kw, 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 Specia ...
of the
Isles of Scilly. It has a maximum total area of 0.13 square kilometres and a
highest point of 34 metres above sea level, located in the middle of the island. There are two known
cairns near the summit.
References
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Weatherhill, Craig
Craig Weatherhill (1950 or 1951 – 18 or 19 July 2020) was a Cornish antiquarian, novelist and writer on the history, archaeology, place names and mythology of Cornwall.
Weatherhill attended school in Falmouth, where his parents ran a sports ...
''Cornish Placenames and Language''. (Sigma Press 1995, 1998, 2000)
Uninhabited islands of the Isles of Scilly
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