Bant's Carn
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Bant's Carn is 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 8 metres (26.2 ft) in diameter and stands on a low platform 12 metres (39.4 ft) across. The entrance is 4.5 metres (14.8 ft) long and 1 metres (3.3 ft) high, with no roof. It is separated from the burial chamber by a jamb. The chamber itself measures around 5 metres (16.4 ft) in length and 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) in width and height, with four large capstone
s serving as a roof.
The tomb was excavated in 1900 by George Edward Bonsor Saint Martin, who found the remains of four cremations at the back of the chamber, along with sherds of Neolithic
and Bronze Age
pottery.
Later restoration work in 1970, led by P. Ashbee, including re-setting the eastern capstone and southern portal stone. This work uncovered decorated prehistoric pottery fragments from around the portal stone as well as two worked flints which were given to the Isles of Scily Museum in December 1976.
This site also includes remains of post-medieval field systems and other occupation.
It, together with the nearby late Iron Age/Romano-British village of Halangy Down is now in the guardianship of English Heritage
.
Scillonian entrance grave
The entrance graves of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, and south east Ireland 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...
on the island of St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly
Isles of Scilly
The Isles of Scilly form an archipelago off the southwestern tip of the Cornish peninsula of Great Britain. The islands have had a unitary authority council since 1890, and are separate from the Cornwall unitary authority, but some services are combined with Cornwall and the islands are still part...
. A military battery built in 1905 also stands nearby.
The tomb measures around 8 metres (26.2 ft) in diameter and stands on a low platform 12 metres (39.4 ft) across. The entrance is 4.5 metres (14.8 ft) long and 1 metres (3.3 ft) high, with no roof. It is separated from the burial chamber by a jamb. The chamber itself measures around 5 metres (16.4 ft) in length and 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) in width and height, with four large capstone
Capstone
Capstone may refer to:* Coping , one of the finishing or protective stones that form the top of an exterior masonry wall or building* Capstone , a US government project about cryptographic standards...
s serving as a roof.
The tomb was excavated in 1900 by George Edward Bonsor Saint Martin, who found the remains of four cremations at the back of the chamber, along with sherds of Neolithic
Neolithic
The Neolithic Age, Era, or Period, or New Stone Age, was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 9500 BC in some parts of the Middle East, and later in other parts of the world. It is traditionally considered as the last part of the Stone Age...
and Bronze Age
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age is a period characterized by the use of copper and its alloy bronze as the chief hard materials in the manufacture of some implements and weapons. Chronologically, it stands between the Stone Age and Iron Age...
pottery.
Later restoration work in 1970, led by P. Ashbee, including re-setting the eastern capstone and southern portal stone. This work uncovered decorated prehistoric pottery fragments from around the portal stone as well as two worked flints which were given to the Isles of Scily Museum in December 1976.
This site also includes remains of post-medieval field systems and other occupation.
It, together with the nearby late Iron Age/Romano-British village of Halangy Down is now in the guardianship of English Heritage
English Heritage
English Heritage . is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...
.