Piper’s Hole
Piper's Hole is a sea cave located on Tresco, an island of the Isles of Scilly. The name Piper's Hole can also refer to another, more minor, sea cave in the Isles of Scilly, located on Penninis Head, St Mary's.Photo: Simon Leatherdale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cromwell’s Castle and King Charles’s Castle.
Cromwell’s Castle
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Cromwell's Castle is an artillery fort overlooking New Grimsby harbour on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly. It comprises a tall, circular gun tower and an adjacent gun platform, and was designed to prevent enemy naval vessels from entering the harbour.
King Charles’s Castle
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
King Charles's Castle is a ruined artillery fort overlooking New Grimsby harbour on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly. Built between 1548 and 1551 to protect the islands from French attack, it would have held a battery of guns and an accompanying garrison, designed to prevent enemy vessels from entering the harbour.
Northwethel
Islet
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Helen's is one of the fifty or so uninhabited islands in the archipelago of the Isles of Scilly and has an approximate area of 0.1885 square kilometres.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Old Grimsby and New Grimsby.
Old Grimsby
Village
Photo: David Lally, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Old Grimsby is a coastal settlement on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly, England. It is located on the east side of the island and there is a quay.
New Grimsby
Village
Photo: Andrewrabbott, CC BY-SA 3.0.
New Grimsby is a coastal settlement on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly, England. It is located on the west side of the island and there is a quay, as well as a public house, The New Inn, and a small art gallery.
Lower Town
Village
Photo: Darren Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lower Town is the westernmost settlement on the island of St Martin's in the Isles of Scilly, England. One of the island's two quays is located here, sometimes referred to as the Hotel Quay, as the only hotel on the island, Karma St Martin's, is located by it. Lower Town is situated 2 miles east of Piper’s Hole.
Piper’s Hole
- Type: Locality
- Description: sea cave on Tresco, in the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England, UK
- Category: sea cave
- Location: Tresco, Isles of Scilly, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
49.96755° or 49° 58′ 3″ northLongitude
-6.34349° or 6° 20′ 37″ westOpen location code
8CXMXM94+2JOpenStreetMap ID
node 2410070424OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q112050825
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