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by Jan van der Crabben
published on 03 June 2024

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Porth Hellick Down Burial Chamber

by Jan van der Crabben
published on 18 April 2024

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Porth Hellick Down Burial Chamber — View Full-Size Image

This entrance grave burial mound also known as "The Great Tomb" stands upon Porth Hellick Down on the island of St. Mary's in the Isles of Scilly, UK. Part of a Bronze Age cemetery that was in use circa 2500 to 800 BCE, it is the largest mound on Porth Hellick Down.

It was excavated in 1899 by the archaeologist George Bonsor, where he recovered a piece of pumice and several Bronze Age pottery shards. Bonsor restored parts of the cairn and removed an outer stone kerb, while the inner kerb was somewhat modified.

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Bibliography

Guides, Friendly & Reid, Neil. Isles of Scilly Guidebook. Friendly Guides, 2022.
Ratcliffe, Jeanette. Scilly's Archaeological Heritage. Twelveheads Press, 1992.

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