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HER Number:7465
Name:TOLLS HILL - Post Medieval siegework

Summary

The remains of two Royalist Civil War batteries covering Crow Sound.

Grid Reference:None recorded
Parish:St Marys, St Marys, Isles of Scilly

Protected Status

  • Scheduled Monument 15476: PREHISTORIC HUT CIRCLE AND CIVIL WAR FIELDWORKS ON EASTERN TOLL'S HILL, ST MARY'S

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SV 91 SW 70
  • National Record of the Historic Environment to Historic Environment Records data transfer
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 304150
  • OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SV91SW 70
  • Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 7465
  • SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SV91SW 11

Monument Type(s):

Full description

Two Post Medieval batteries, dating to the civil war, on Toll's Hill, St Mary's, covering Crow Sound. Both batteries are illsutrated on the 1908 OS map (1), described as 'the remains of two[…] sod batteries[…] NW of Toll's Island' (2). The batteries are visible in aerial photographs (5, 6).

Troutbeck recorded a single battery on the hill in 1794 (3), 'where is now one gun, a fix-pounder difmounted', and O'Neil (4) describes several royalist batteries in the area, commanding Crow Sound.

Please refer to individual child records for further detail.


Ordnance Survey, 1978, OS78/F24/7 (Photograph). SCO29975.

Ordnance Survey, 1978, OS78/F24/8 (Photograph). SCO29976.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1900s, 2nd Edition 1:2500 Map, Cornwall LXXXVII.8 (Cartographic materials). SCO4050.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Revisions Object Name Book, 1908, 25 (Unedited Source). SCO6950.

<3> Troutbeck, J, 1796, Survey of the Ancient and Present State of the Scilly Islands, 96 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4965.

<4> O'Neil, BH St J, 1961, Isles of Scilly MOW Guide, 32 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4042.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1976, OS76/F164/73 (Aerial Photograph). SCO29973.

<6> Ordnance Survey, 1976, OS76/F164/74 (Aerial Photograph). SCO29974.

Sources / Further Reading

---SCO29975 - Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1978. OS78/F24/7.
---SCO29976 - Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1978. OS78/F24/8.
[1]SCO4050 - Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 1900s. 2nd Edition 1:2500 Map. Cornwall LXXXVII.8.
[2]SCO6950 - Unedited Source: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Revisions Object Name Book. 1908, 25.
[3]SCO4965 - Bibliographic reference: Troutbeck, J. 1796. Survey of the Ancient and Present State of the Scilly Islands. 96.
[4]SCO4042 - Bibliographic reference: O'Neil, BH St J. 1961. Isles of Scilly MOW Guide. 32.
[5]SCO29973 - Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1976. OS76/F164/73.
[6]SCO29974 - Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1976. OS76/F164/74.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • ECO3819 - Isles of Scilly Military Defences, 1540-1951 (Ref: RDRS 56-2011)

Related records

7465.01Parent of: TOLLS HILL - Post Medieval battery (Monument)
7465.02Parent of: TOLLS HILL - Post Medieval battery (Monument)
7464Related to: TOLLS HILL - Post Medieval breastwork (Monument)
MCO74314Related to: TOLLS HILL - Post Medieval Breastwork (Monument)

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