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Shipman Head
Shipman Head from Badplace Hill
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Shipman Head, Bryher
Shipman Head is technically a tidal island, cut off from Bryher at high tide but not at low tide. However even at low tide to get to Shipman Head would be difficult!
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East side of Shipman Head
At the north end of Bryher
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Shipman Head
Off the North of Bryher.
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Shipman Head
Shipman Head is separated from the rest of Bryher by a virtually impassable chasm at sea level (the Gulf).
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A cannon's view of the entrance to New Grimsby Sound
The sound was a supply route and also the safest anchorage in the Isles of Scilly. Cromwell built this castle in 1651 and the royalists surrendered shortly after. Shipman Head. Bryher is to the left, this is only one of the cannon in position
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Shipman Head
The west side of the island, separated from the main island by a narrow chasm called The Gulf. On the left is Little Mussel Rock. In the left distance is a glimpse of North Cuckoo.
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Shipman Head
This shows Shipman Head on the northern tip of Bryher, Isles of Scilly. The bay to the left of the photo is called Hell's Bay as the Atlantic swell rolls over the reefs and shallow rocks during storms. There is a small gap in the rocks... (more)
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Cromwell's Castle from Bryher
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Shipman Head, Bryher
Granite boulders and Shipman Head
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Isles of Scilly: Bryher from Shipman Head
Bryher is one of the five inhabited isles of Scilly. On the left is Tresco, and Cromwell's Castle can be seen near the shore.
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Between Bryher and Tresco from Firethorn
Firethorn is a boat operated by Bryher Boats
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