Although the Nag’s Head is a natural rock formation there is evidence that there may have been a stone circle built around it.
A
Arwen
This ancient tomb is some of the remaining evidence of early habitation of the largest island unihabited by humans in the Scillies.
Image credit: Arwen
The stone is the top half of a granite statue, over 3000 years old. Although carved with a human face, the features are hard to distinguish now. The statue was discovered on Chapel Down in 1989 and re-erected.
On the Gugh, which becomes an uninhabited island cut off from St. Agnes at high tide, stands a solitary nine foot high standing stone, the Old Man of Gugh. The Old Man is one of a number of stones in Scilly believed to have been associated with rituals in the Bronze Age.