Bant's Carn

Bant's Carn

Bant's Carn is the name of a Scillonian entrance grave on the island of St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly. A military battery built in 1905 also stands nearby.

The tomb measures around 8m in diameter and stands on a low, 12m diameter, platform. The entrance is 4.5m long and 1m high with no roof. It is separated from the burial chamber by a jamb. The chamber itself measures around 5m in length and 1.5m in width and height with four large capstones serving as a roof.

The tomb was excavated in 1900 by who found the remains of four cremations at the back of the chamber along with sherds of Neolithic and Bronze Age pottery.

See also

* Porth Hellick Down


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Bant’s Carn — Der restaurierte Cairn …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Liste des propriétés de l'English Heritage — Cette page liste les propriétés de l’English Heritage, l’organisme public indépendant chargé de la gestion du patrimoine historique en Angleterre. Elle les classe selon les régions anglaises, puis selon les comtés cérémoniaux. Sommaire 1… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • List of English Heritage properties — English Heritage Properties in England is a link page for any stately home, historic house, castle, abbey, museum or other property in the care of English Heritage.Bedfordshire*Bushmead Priory *De Grey Mausoleum *Houghton House *Wrest Park… …   Wikipedia

  • Scillonian entrance grave — The Entrance graves of Cornwall, south east Ireland and the Isles of Scilly are megalithic chamber tombs of the Neolithic and early Bronze Age in the British Isles. Comparable sites are also known in Brittany and the Channel Islands. They are… …   Wikipedia

  • Porth Hellick Down — (gbmapping|SV928108) is an area of downland on the east side of the island of St Mary s in the Isles of Scilly.Seven Scillonian entrance graves stand on the down in a general state of decay. The largest is the Great Tomb which has a 12m diameter… …   Wikipedia

  • Scilly-Inseln — Isles of Scilly Lage in Cornwall Basisdaten Status Unitary Authority, sui generis Region …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • St Mary’s (Scilly-Inseln) — St Mary’s St Mary’s von der Luft betrachtet Gewässer Atlantischer Ozean Inselgru …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Halangy Down — Das runde eisenzeitliche Gebäude von Halangy Down Die eisenzeit und frühmittelalterliche Siedlung Halangy Down liegt 1,6 km nördlich von Hugh Town, unterhalb des Bant’s Carn, auf St. Mary’s, der Hauptinsel der Scilly Inseln. Die etwa 50 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”