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St Mary's.-- chief of the Scilly Islands; is 9 miles in circumference, and contains Hugh Town, the capital of the Scilly Islands. Among the interesting features of the island is Star Castle, an Elizabethan fortress; there are also numerous antiquities.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "chief of the Scilly Islands" (ADL Feature Type: "islands") |
| Administrative units: | Cornwall Ancient County |
| Place: | St Marys |
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