Reconstruction illustration showing passengers from a plague-ridden ship being brought ashore near St Helen's Quarantine Station, known as the Pest House, in the Isles of Scilly in the late-eighteenth century

Date:: circa 1995 - circa 2005

Location:: Pest House, Tresco, St Helens, Isles Of Scilly

Reference:: IC171/005

Type:: Reconstruction Artwork

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The Quarantine Station was built on St Helens in 1764, as any plague-ridden ship to the north of Cape Finisterre and heading for England was required to anchor in St Helen's Pool.

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This is part of the Volume: IC171 Isles Of Scilly, Cornwall; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction And Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Reconstruction illustration showing passengers from a plague-ridden ship being brought ashore near St Helen's Quarantine Station, known as the Pest House, in the Isles of Scilly in the late-eighteenth century

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