In the 1982 conflict British forces first came ashore at San Carlos settlement, at the south end of San Carlos Water. Until 1983, when it was subdivided and sold, San Carlos was a traditional large sheep station - the isolated 'big house', with its lengthy approach, will give you some idea of how farm owners and managers distanced themselves from laborers.

The settlement boasts a fine stone corral, a relic of the era when gauchos ran cattle on the islands. There is also an excellent museum which covers the islands rural and natural life as well as the Falklands War. Many of the events of that epic period took place just a stone's throw from the museum. Continue through San Carlos to the immaculately kept British War Cemetery close to the water's edge. A total of 252 British servicemen died during the conflict. While most were returned to Britain, some remain entombed in their sunken ships and the San Carlos cemetery has 14 graves. Among the graves is that of Lieutenant Colonel 'H' Jones, whose heroic death during the taking of Goose Green was rewarded with one of the conflict's two Victoria Crosses.