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Bant's Carn

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English Heritage, Bant's Carn Burial Chamber and Halangy Down Ancient Village, St Mary's TR21 0NS, United Kingdom

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Open today · 9AM–5PMThursday9AM–5PMFriday9AM–5PMSaturday9AM–5PMSunday9AM–5PMMonday9AM–5PMTuesday9AM–5PMWednesday9AM–5PM

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Bant s carn tomb


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 ft) in diameter and stands on a low platform 12 metres (39 ft) across. The entrance is 4.5 metres (15 ft) long and 1 metre (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 ft) in length and 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) in width and height, with four large capstones 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.

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Bant's Carn Wikipedia