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Summary

A sallyport consisting of a stone walled and roofed passage with portcullis, forms part of the Elizabethan curtain wall across the Garrison neck.

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 15434: POST-MEDIEVAL BREASTWORK, CURTAIN WALL AND ASSOCIATED DEFENSIVE STRUCTURES ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE GARRISON, ST MARY'S
• Listed Building (I) 62521: OUTER WALLS AND GATEWAY

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SV 91 SW 325
• National Monuments Record: SV 91 SW 332
• National Record of the Historic Environment to Historic Environment Records data transfer
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1445864
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1445867
• NBR Index Number: 111235
• OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SV91SW 30.9
• Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 7906.06
• SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SV91SW 31

Monument Type(s):

• POSTERN (17th Century - 1601 AD to 1700 AD)

Full description

Prior to the 1994 revision of the Garrison defences SMR this site was recorded under PRN 7423.17 (b7).
A sallyport consisting of a stone walled and roofed passage with portcullis on the west (inner) side forms part of the Elizabethan curtain wall across the Garrison neck (7906.04). With another sallyport to the south (7906.07) and the gateway to the north (7906.05) it gives access to the defended Hugh and the Star Castle (7902). A third sallyport links Upper and Lower Benham batteries (7906.08). The site is a Listed Building, Grade I and is Scheduled (h1). The sallyport is not marked on the 1655 plan (b1) or that of 1742 made after Tovey's works (b2), but appears on the 1834 plan (b3). It is recorded as sallyport on the 1888 and 1907 OS maps (b4, b5) but not on the 1981 OS map which shows domestic buildings and gardens blocking the access on the former glacis outside the curtain wall (b6). The 1978 OS fieldworker describes the sallyport as built around 1600 but now blocked (h2). The granite structure with portcullis groove west of the curtain was noted in 1990 (h3). The site was surveyed in 1991 (h4). In 1993 the passage was found to be virtually intact, though obstructed by use as a store (h5). The east entrance is formed of granite pillars and lintel, with granite steps rising inside. The monument is included in the Schedule.
(b7) - Parkes, C, 1994, Pers Comm, ,

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Site history:
1: 1958. SAUNDERS, AD/AM
2: 1978. NJA/OS
3: 1990. JOHNSON, N/CAU
4: 1991. UNKNOWN/EH
5: 1993. RATCLIFFE, J/CAU
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National Monument Record, The Garrison Survey, St. Mary's, Isle of Scilly (Survey). SCO29940.

<1> UNKNOWN, 1665, A MAP OF THE HEW HILL THE CHEIFFE FFORTIFICATIONS, DD GO 575 (Unedited Source). SCO5453.

<2> UNKNOWN, 1742, A PLAN OF HUGH FORT ALIAS THE STAR CASTLE (Unedited Source). SCO5544.

<3> Birch, JF, 1974, Plan of the Garrison on the Island of Saint Mary, Scilly (Bibliographic reference). SCO2851.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1880s, 1st Edition 1:2500 Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4048.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1900s, 2nd Edition 1:2500 Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4050.

<6> Ordnance Survey, 1970s, 1:10,000 OS Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4045.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• ECO3128 - Garrison Walls, Isles of Scilly, conservation plan
• ECO6309 - The Garrison, St. Mary's: Survey

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