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Annet
Hob Uid: 303260
Location : Isles Of Scilly Isles Of Scilly St. Agnes
Grid Ref : SV8600080000
Summary : Possible site of Church based upon the use of the term `Annet', which is a Gallic term indicating the former presence of an ecclesiastical structure or cemetery.
More information : Annet (SV 8608), recorded as 'Anete' in 1305, 'Anet' in 1339, 'Agnet' in 1570 and 'Agnet iland alias Annett' in 1650. "Evidently taken to mean 'little St Agnes'". (1) The place name Annet, Annait, Annat etc occurs widely in Scotland and is derived from the Gaelic 'anait', meaning 'parent church'. MacDonald believes that it is a 9th-10th century term for a church-site of any kind abandoned during that period, and according to Watson, wherever there is an Annat, there are traces of an ancient chapelry or cemetery, or both. Thomas discusses the possibility that 'annait' is the equivalent of 'merthyr' and 'merther' in Wales and Cornwall. (2) The only visible evidence of occupation on Annet is prehistoric. While Prof Thomas considers Gover's 'little St Agnes' as an incorrect derivation he stresses that there is no tradition to support the equating of 'annait' with 'merthyr', a martyrium. (3)

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Source details : Place Names of Cornwall 4 1948 670 (J E Gover)
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Source Number : 2a
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Source details : Place Names of Scotland 3rd edn 1970 83 (J B Johnston)
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Source Number : 2b
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Source details : Scottish Studies 17 1973 135-146 (A MacDonald)
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Source Number : 2c
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Source details : Celtic Place Names of Scotland 1926 251 (W J Watson)
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Source Number : 2d
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Source details : Early Christian Arch of N Britain 1971 89 137 224 (C Thomas)
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : F1 NVQ 12-MAY-78
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Church
Evidence : Conjectural Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Post Medieval
Monument End Date : 1901
Monument Start Date : 1540
Monument Type : Church
Evidence : Conjectural Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SV 80 NE 33
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1978-05-12
End Date : 1978-05-12

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Annet