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Teän

April 10, 2024

Teän (/ˈtiːən/ TEE-ən, sometimes written Tean without the diaeresis; Cornish: Enys Tian[1]) is an uninhabited island to the north of the Isles of Scilly archipelago between Tresco, 1.5 kilometres (0.9 mi) to the west, and St Martin's, 300 metres (330 yd) to the east.[2] Approximately 16 hectares (40 acres) in area, the island consists of a series of granite tors with the highest point, Great Hill, rising to 40 metres (130 ft) at its eastern end.[3] The low-lying land is overlain with glacial till and outwash gravels with glacial erratics abundant on the north coast beaches, which indicates the southern limit of outwash from an ice sheet[4] for which it is designated a Geological Conservation Review site.[5]

Teän
Enys Tian
Teän, view from the Great Hill
Teän
Geography
Coordinates49°58′05″N 6°18′44″W / 49.9680°N 6.3123°W / 49.9680; -6.3123
OS grid referenceSV908164
ArchipelagoIsles of Scilly
Area0.062 sq mi (0.16 km2)
Administration
United Kingdom
Civil parishTresco
Demographics
Population0

There is evidence of occupation from the Bronze Age to the early 19th century and the island was still being grazed in 1945.[6] An early Christian chapel exists on the island; it was possibly dedicated to a saint called Theon.

The island lies within both the Isles of Scilly Heritage Coast and the Isles of Scilly Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is managed by the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust, which has a Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) agreement.

History edit

The coastline of Teän consists of a number of bays and sandy beaches that link to offshore rocks and carns at low tide. The western part of the island has low-lying ground linking granite carns; field boundaries from the Romano-British period can be seen at extreme low tides.[6] One of the carns, Old Man, has an early structure, a Bronze Age entrance grave, as does Great Hill in the east of the island. Roman type brooches have been found in a grave on Old Man.[7] Sixteen early Christian graves have been found under the east wall of St Theona's chapel which was built later on top of the graves. There was probably an earlier wooden chapel.[8]

A Parliamentary survey of 1652 reported one man living in a ruined house on the island;[9] in 1684, there was a thatched cottage between East Porth and West Porth that belonged to a Mr Nance, who is reputed to have introduced kelp burning to Scilly. Kelp burning provides sodium carbonate for glass making and the practice continued in the islands until 1835. Kelp burning only produces 2–3 percent sodium carbonate; during the 19th century more efficient commercial and industrial methods ended the practice locally. Rights to areas of kelp were allocated to families; in 1787 Thomas Woodcock, his son and James Ashford (all of St Martin's) were accused of "having trespassed on his (Nance's) preserves". After the hearing, the court decided that the cutting of ore-weed and the making of kelp on Teän was the prescriptive right of Nance, and the trespassers were fined 2s 6d each.[10] His family continued to live on Teän for several more generations; by 1717 there were ten people living on the island, but in 1752 William Borlase only saw fields of corn and ruined buildings.[6] In the 19th century Woodley reported occasional occupation, a few acres of cultivation and sheep grazing;[11] while a 1919 guide book reported just a rabbit warren.[12] Cattle were still being grazed in 1945.[13]

Natural history edit

The island was first notified as a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1971 and re-notified in 1986 under the 1981 Act. The SSSI was last assessed on 8 September 2009 and was found to be favourable. The assessment found that the vascular plant assemblage was all recorded apart from four-leaved allseed Polycarpon tetraphyllum. A key issue was lack of management for orange bird's-foot (Ornithopus pinnatus), which needs short turf and can be addressed with the HLS agreement held by the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust.[4]

Flora edit

Human activity continued until relatively recently and is evident with 8 ha of the island surrounded by hedges and once cultivated. This area, with deeper soils, is dominated by bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) and still has relic pasture plants such as rye grass (Lolium perenne), red clover (Trifolium pratense), hop trefoil (Trifolium campestre) and black knapweed (Centaurea nigra). The maritime grassland around St Helen's Porth, and on the south coast, has abundant thrift (Armeria maritima) and sea campion (Silene maritime), and near Clodgie Point orange bird's-foot occurs. The dune grassland area behind East and West Porth is important for the very rare dwarf pansy (Viola kitaibeliana). The summit of Great Hill has a small area of lowland heath.[4]

Rare plants edit

Fauna edit

The only mammals found on Teän are the Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) and the House Mouse (Mus musculus).[6] Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) may be extinct. With no grazing animals on the island, plants that prefer a short sward such as orange bird's-foot may become extinct. In 1850 J. W. North reported that Teän "is a preserve of white rabbits"![16] Scilly Shrew (Crocidura suaveolens) bones have been found in Roman or early medieval middens; it was last recorded in 1964. There are no recent records.[6]

Breeding birds edit

The SSSI citation lists five species of breeding birds on the island including the Puffin (Fratercula arctica). Other breeding seabirds are the Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), Herring Gull (Larus argentatus), Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) and a small number of Greater Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus). The seabird breeding colonies are in decline on the Isles of Scilly; in the years 2006–09 the Kittiwake has failed to breed on all the islands bar one chick raised on St Agnes in 2009. Of the species listed above, none have been recorded as breeding on Teän in 2009.[17]

A pair of Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus) bred on Teän in 2008 with two juveniles seen.[17]

Invertebrates edit

Teän was the site of groundbreaking mark-and-recapture population studies of the Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) butterfly by entomologists E. B. Ford and Prof W. H. Dowdeswell, who camped on the island from 26 August to 8 September 1938. They marked each insect with a dot of cellulose paint so that it was possible to tell the date of first capture and any subsequent recaptures. The Common Blue is not a migratory butterfly and no marked butterflies were captured on the west side of St Martin's, so additions to the Teän population were likely to be mainly emergences and losses due to death. It was noted that the normal form of the butterfly was found on St Mary's, Tresco and St Martin's whilst on Teän there is a separate race, due to isolation. Ford's description is below.[18]

The females obtained in the summer (I have no knowledge of the spring form) have an extensive scattering of pale silvery-blue scales, so that they are most unlike those found elsewhere, which are neither blackish or else marked with a violet shade. Moreover, the form from Teän is associated with a characteristic variation on the under-side of the hind-wings, which affects both sexes; for in a large proportion of the specimens the two spots placed along the coastal margin are united, forming a short curved line, and other varieties in spotting are frequent. We seem to here a stage in the evolution of an independent sub-species.

Recent visits have not found the Common Blue to be significantly different on Teän so Ford's remarkable form no longer seems to exist; unusual female colour forms and aberrations may just occur more frequently on Scilly than elsewhere.[6]

Red Barbed Ant (Formica rufibarbis)

The Red Barbed Ant has been described as "...perhaps the rarest resident animal in mainland Britain" with only four nests in Surrey and extinct in Cornwall (last recorded in 1907). It is found on St Martin's, the Eastern Isles and also Teän where it was recorded in 2008. Its favoured habitat is open heathland with plenty of bare ground. Queens from St Martin's are captured and taken to Surrey to maintain those colonies.[19]

References edit

  1. ^ "Akademi Kernewek - Henwyn Tyller".
  2. ^ Weatherhill, Craig Cornish Placenames and Language
  3. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7
  4. ^ a b c "Teän" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  5. ^ (PDF). Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Parslow, R. (2007) The Isles of Scilly. New Naturalist Library. London: HarperCollins
  7. ^ Gray, A. (1972). Ashbee, P. (ed.). "Prehistoric Habitation Sites on the Isles of Scilly". Cornish Archaeology (11): 19–49.
  8. ^ Reid, N. (2007) Isles of Scilly Guidebook.
  9. ^ Thomas, C. (1985) Exploration of a Drowned Landscape: archaeology and history of the Isles of Scilly. London: Batsford
  10. ^ Vivian, C C (1960). The Scilly Isles. London: George Ronald.
  11. ^ Woodley, G. (1822) "A View of the Present State of the Scilly Islands". London. In: Parslow, Rosemary (2007) The Isles of Scilly. (New Naturalist Library.) London: Collins ISBN 0-00-220150-X
  12. ^ A R Hope Moncrieff, ed. (1919). Black's Guide To Cornwall. London: A & C Black. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  13. ^ Grigson, Geoffrey (1948) "The Scilly Isles". London: Paul Elek. In: Parslow, Rosemary (2007) The Isles of Scilly. (New Naturalist Library.) London: Collins ISBN 0-00-220150-X
  14. ^ "Isles of Scilly Complex". JNCC. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  15. ^ Parslow, R. (2010). "Plant Records for 2009". Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2009.
  16. ^ North, J. W. (1850). A Week in the Isles of Scilly. London: Longman & Co.
  17. ^ a b Hudson, D, ed. (2010). Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2009. Isles of Scilly Birdgroup.
  18. ^ Ford, E. B. (1990). Butterflies. London: New Naturalist Library, Bloomsbury Books.
  19. ^ Spalding, Adrian. (2009) Ants In CISFBR, Red Data Book for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly 2nd Edition. Praze-an-Beeble: Croceago Press.

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Tean ˈ t iː e n TEE en sometimes written Tean without the diaeresis Cornish Enys Tian 1 is an uninhabited island to the north of the Isles of Scilly archipelago between Tresco 1 5 kilometres 0 9 mi to the west and St Martin s 300 metres 330 yd to the east 2 Approximately 16 hectares 40 acres in area the island consists of a series of granite tors with the highest point Great Hill rising to 40 metres 130 ft at its eastern end 3 The low lying land is overlain with glacial till and outwash gravels with glacial erratics abundant on the north coast beaches which indicates the southern limit of outwash from an ice sheet 4 for which it is designated a Geological Conservation Review site 5 TeanEnys TianTean view from the Great HillTeanGeographyCoordinates49 58 05 N 6 18 44 W 49 9680 N 6 3123 W 49 9680 6 3123OS grid referenceSV908164ArchipelagoIsles of ScillyArea0 062 sq mi 0 16 km2 AdministrationUnited KingdomCivil parishTrescoDemographicsPopulation0There is evidence of occupation from the Bronze Age to the early 19th century and the island was still being grazed in 1945 6 An early Christian chapel exists on the island it was possibly dedicated to a saint called Theon The island lies within both the Isles of Scilly Heritage Coast and the Isles of Scilly Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty It is managed by the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust which has a Higher Level Stewardship HLS agreement Contents 1 History 2 Natural history 2 1 Flora 2 1 1 Rare plants 2 2 Fauna 2 2 1 Breeding birds 2 2 2 Invertebrates 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe coastline of Tean consists of a number of bays and sandy beaches that link to offshore rocks and carns at low tide The western part of the island has low lying ground linking granite carns field boundaries from the Romano British period can be seen at extreme low tides 6 One of the carns Old Man has an early structure a Bronze Age entrance grave as does Great Hill in the east of the island Roman type brooches have been found in a grave on Old Man 7 Sixteen early Christian graves have been found under the east wall of St Theona s chapel which was built later on top of the graves There was probably an earlier wooden chapel 8 A Parliamentary survey of 1652 reported one man living in a ruined house on the island 9 in 1684 there was a thatched cottage between East Porth and West Porth that belonged to a Mr Nance who is reputed to have introduced kelp burning to Scilly Kelp burning provides sodium carbonate for glass making and the practice continued in the islands until 1835 Kelp burning only produces 2 3 percent sodium carbonate during the 19th century more efficient commercial and industrial methods ended the practice locally Rights to areas of kelp were allocated to families in 1787 Thomas Woodcock his son and James Ashford all of St Martin s were accused of having trespassed on his Nance s preserves After the hearing the court decided that the cutting of ore weed and the making of kelp on Tean was the prescriptive right of Nance and the trespassers were fined 2s 6d each 10 His family continued to live on Tean for several more generations by 1717 there were ten people living on the island but in 1752 William Borlase only saw fields of corn and ruined buildings 6 In the 19th century Woodley reported occasional occupation a few acres of cultivation and sheep grazing 11 while a 1919 guide book reported just a rabbit warren 12 Cattle were still being grazed in 1945 13 Natural history editThe island was first notified as a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1971 and re notified in 1986 under the 1981 Act The SSSI was last assessed on 8 September 2009 and was found to be favourable The assessment found that the vascular plant assemblage was all recorded apart from four leaved allseed Polycarpon tetraphyllum A key issue was lack of management for orange bird s foot Ornithopus pinnatus which needs short turf and can be addressed with the HLS agreement held by the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust 4 Flora edit Human activity continued until relatively recently and is evident with 8 ha of the island surrounded by hedges and once cultivated This area with deeper soils is dominated by bracken Pteridium aquilinum and still has relic pasture plants such as rye grass Lolium perenne red clover Trifolium pratense hop trefoil Trifolium campestre and black knapweed Centaurea nigra The maritime grassland around St Helen s Porth and on the south coast has abundant thrift Armeria maritima and sea campion Silene maritime and near Clodgie Point orange bird s foot occurs The dune grassland area behind East and West Porth is important for the very rare dwarf pansy Viola kitaibeliana The summit of Great Hill has a small area of lowland heath 4 Rare plants edit Shore dock Rumex rupestris was first recorded in 1984 and was still there in 2005 It is a Biodiversity Action Plan species and one of the primary reasons why the Isles of Scilly is a Special Area of Conservation SAC 6 14 Four leaved allseed Polycarpon tetraphyllum was last recorded in 1990 Saltwort Salsola kali was recorded in 2009 It was once found on most sandy beaches in Scilly but is now a rare plant its previous record on Scilly was 2004 on Samson 15 Fauna edit The only mammals found on Tean are the Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus and the House Mouse Mus musculus 6 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus may be extinct With no grazing animals on the island plants that prefer a short sward such as orange bird s foot may become extinct In 1850 J W North reported that Tean is a preserve of white rabbits 16 Scilly Shrew Crocidura suaveolens bones have been found in Roman or early medieval middens it was last recorded in 1964 There are no recent records 6 Breeding birds edit The SSSI citation lists five species of breeding birds on the island including the Puffin Fratercula arctica Other breeding seabirds are the Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Herring Gull Larus argentatus Lesser Black backed Gull Larus fuscus and a small number of Greater Black backed Gull Larus marinus The seabird breeding colonies are in decline on the Isles of Scilly in the years 2006 09 the Kittiwake has failed to breed on all the islands bar one chick raised on St Agnes in 2009 Of the species listed above none have been recorded as breeding on Tean in 2009 17 A pair of Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus bred on Tean in 2008 with two juveniles seen 17 Invertebrates edit Tean was the site of groundbreaking mark and recapture population studies of the Common Blue Polyommatus icarus butterfly by entomologists E B Ford and Prof W H Dowdeswell who camped on the island from 26 August to 8 September 1938 They marked each insect with a dot of cellulose paint so that it was possible to tell the date of first capture and any subsequent recaptures The Common Blue is not a migratory butterfly and no marked butterflies were captured on the west side of St Martin s so additions to the Tean population were likely to be mainly emergences and losses due to death It was noted that the normal form of the butterfly was found on St Mary s Tresco and St Martin s whilst on Tean there is a separate race due to isolation Ford s description is below 18 The females obtained in the summer I have no knowledge of the spring form have an extensive scattering of pale silvery blue scales so that they are most unlike those found elsewhere which are neither blackish or else marked with a violet shade Moreover the form from Tean is associated with a characteristic variation on the under side of the hind wings which affects both sexes for in a large proportion of the specimens the two spots placed along the coastal margin are united forming a short curved line and other varieties in spotting are frequent We seem to here a stage in the evolution of an independent sub species Recent visits have not found the Common Blue to be significantly different on Tean so Ford s remarkable form no longer seems to exist unusual female colour forms and aberrations may just occur more frequently on Scilly than elsewhere 6 Red Barbed Ant Formica rufibarbis The Red Barbed Ant has been described as perhaps the rarest resident animal in mainland Britain with only four nests in Surrey and extinct in Cornwall last recorded in 1907 It is found on St Martin s the Eastern Isles and also Tean where it was recorded in 2008 Its favoured habitat is open heathland with plenty of bare ground Queens from St Martin s are captured and taken to Surrey to maintain those colonies 19 References edit Akademi Kernewek Henwyn Tyller Weatherhill Craig Cornish Placenames and Language Ordnance Survey Landranger map sheet 203 Land s End ISBN 978 0 319 23148 7 a b c Tean PDF Natural England Retrieved 13 September 2011 The Isles of Scilly Natural Area PDF Natural England Archived from the original PDF on 2 March 2012 Retrieved 16 December 2011 a b c d e f g Parslow R 2007 The Isles of Scilly New Naturalist Library London HarperCollins Gray A 1972 Ashbee P ed Prehistoric Habitation Sites on the Isles of Scilly Cornish Archaeology 11 19 49 Reid N 2007 Isles of Scilly Guidebook Thomas C 1985 Exploration of a Drowned Landscape archaeology and history of the Isles of Scilly London Batsford Vivian C C 1960 The Scilly Isles London George Ronald Woodley G 1822 A View of the Present State of the Scilly Islands London In Parslow Rosemary 2007 The Isles of Scilly New Naturalist Library London Collins ISBN 0 00 220150 X A R Hope Moncrieff ed 1919 Black s Guide To Cornwall London A amp C Black Retrieved 4 September 2013 Grigson Geoffrey 1948 The Scilly Isles London Paul Elek In Parslow Rosemary 2007 The Isles of Scilly New Naturalist Library London Collins ISBN 0 00 220150 X Isles of Scilly Complex JNCC Retrieved 16 December 2011 Parslow R 2010 Plant Records for 2009 Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2009 North J W 1850 A Week in the Isles of Scilly London Longman amp Co a b Hudson D ed 2010 Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2009 Isles of Scilly Birdgroup Ford E B 1990 Butterflies London New Naturalist Library Bloomsbury Books Spalding Adrian 2009 Ants In CISFBR Red Data Book for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly 2nd Edition Praze an Beeble Croceago Press External links edit nbsp Cornwall portal nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tean Lowland heathland a cultural and endangered landscape The Isles of Scilly Area of Outstanding Beauty The Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust Geological Conservation Review Map sources for Tean Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tean amp oldid 1177244406, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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