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| HER Number: | 29222.10 |
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| Name: | ST MICHAELS MOUNT - Iron Age harbour |
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Summary
St Michael's Mount may be ancient "Ictis', described by Diodorus Siculus as an island linked to the mainland by a causeway where tin was traded with foreign merchants.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 29222.10
Monument Type(s):
Full description
Hencken suggests that St Michael's Mount may be the place named "Ictis' by Diodorus Siculus. He described Ictis as an island linked to the mainland by a causeway where tin was traded with foreign merchants (b1).
<1> Hencken, H O'N, 1932, The Archaeology of Cornwall and Scilly, 170-172 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3489.
Sources / Further Reading
| [1] | SCO3489 - Bibliographic reference: Hencken, H O'N. 1932. The Archaeology of Cornwall and Scilly. 170-172. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Related records
| 29222 | Part of: ST MICHAELS MOUNT - Early Medieval religious house, Medieval religious house, Post Medieval religious house (Monument) |
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