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Back to the sunset bound of Lyonesse – A land of old upheaven from the abyss By fire, to sink into the abyss again; Where fragments of forgotten peoples dwelt, And the long mountains ended in a coast Of ever-shifting sand, and far away The phantom circle of a moaning sea.

Tennyson, The passing of Arthur

THE HISTORY OF England and how it was reflected in the Isles of Scilly is perhaps peripheral to our story of the natural history. But throughout the centuries there has been commerce with the mainland of Britain, as well as short-lived invasions, and a variety of traffic between Scilly and the Continent, at least as far as the Mediterranean. People bring all manner of goods with them when they travel – but it is often the unrecorded or accidental materials they may have carried that are of greatest interest to us.