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Monument Number 303980
Hob Uid: 303980
Location : Isles of Scilly St. Mary's
Grid Ref : SV9095012400
Summary : Neolithic chambered round cairn, approximate 10m in diameter and 1.3m high on the low side. The cairn merges into a substantial lynchet which partly overlies it on the uphill side. The chamber measures 5m by 1.2m and 1.0m. There are two cover stones of which the largest is 1.5m by 1.3m. It is orientated north east-south west. Scheduled.
More information : (SV 90951240) Burial chamber in ruined cairn, sited from Gray's distribution map (1), see plan (2). It is concealed by a substantial lynchet running parallel to the bottom of the Halangy Down escarpment, and now forms the boundary between a track and a bulb garden. Height 3ft, two cover stones still extant. It was excavated by Gray in 1929 but no report has been published. Hencken's 2a; Daniel's 14. The chamber cannot be identified on air photographs. At SV 90951240 at the foot of Halangy Down, is a chambered cairn of approximate diameter 10.0m and height 1.3m on the lower side. The cairn is very overgrown and merges into a substantial lynchet which partly overlies it on the uphill side. However the chamber is plainly visible and measures 5.0m x 1.2m x 1.0m. There are two cover stones of which the largest is 1.5m x 1.3m. It is orientated north east-south west (Plan with SV 91 SW). Surveyed at 1:2500 on PFD.

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Source details : map (P Ashbee after A Gray)
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Source details : plan (P Ashbee)
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Source details : Archaeology of Cornwall and Scilly 1932 (H O'N Hencken)
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Source details : (G E Daniel)
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Source details : OS/76/164/069-71, 06-AUG-1976
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Source details : F1 JGB 20-APR-78
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Source Number : 8
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Source details : 16-Nov-98
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Neolithic
Display Date : Neolithic
Monument End Date : -2200
Monument Start Date : -4000
Monument Type : Chambered Round Cairn
Evidence : Earthwork

Monument Period Name : Early Medieval, Medieval
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Monument Type : Lynchet
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : CO 782
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Scilly Isles)
External Cross Reference Number : SV99012/4 OR*
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : SI 782
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 15402
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SV 91 SW 12
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1929-01-01
End Date : 1929-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1978-04-20
End Date : 1978-04-20

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 303980