"Scientists have solved the mystery of a 2,000-year-old grave on the Isles of Scilly, raising intriguing questions about warfare in iron age Britain."

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/27/isles-of-scilly-remains-iron-age-female-warrior-grave-bryher-sword-mirror

#Bryher #IslesOfScilly #IronAge #Archaeology

Good luck to all the crews at the #gigrowing championships this weekend at the #islesofscilly!

Buzza Hill, a Scillonian chambered tomb for #TombTuesday. Situated on a headland above Porth Cressa, St Mary's, there were formerly two tombs here but the other was destroyed by the erection of a windmill.

According to #folklore, the name derives from a giant called Bosow who was buried here. When Borlase was excavating the tomb, work had to be stopped due to a violent thunder storm, which locals said was the anger of the giants.

This visit June 2009

#Neolithic #IslesOfScilly #Giants

The Great Tomb on Porth Hellick Down, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly for today's #TombTuesday

Porth Hellick Down has half a dozen of these Scillonian entrance graves, but only this one has been restored (not altogether faithfully). In the summer the turfed top of the mound is a carpet of wild flowers.

This visit June 2009.

#IslesOfScilly #BronzeAge #Neolithic

Two fantastic Scillonian chambered tombs at Innisidgen on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly for #TombTuesday.

Late Neolithic, these tombs are formed of a single passage with an entrance at one end, roofed with large slabs of granite. A circular cairn of stones surrounds the chamber, retained within a granite kerb.

Visited June 2009.

#IslesOfScilly #Neolithic

RT @LucyMcRobert1@twitter.com

Hey there, old friend 🐋💙 there is something very wonderful about not only seeing a whale, but the very same whale that you last saw nearly two years ago. After some serious rock scrambling, at one point it was about 20ft away 💙 #scilly #islesofscilly

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/LucyMcRobert1/status/1604116714505048064

For #TombTuesday this is Bant's Carn on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly.

It's a Neolithic or early Bronze Age "Scillonian" chambered tomb, consisting of a single passage-shaped chamber
roofed with large granite slabs, with an entrance at one end. A circular mound with a granite kerb surrounds the chamber.

It is situated on the crest of Halangey Down, above a fine Bronze Age settlement site, and was partially restored in the 1970s.

Visited June 2009.
#Neolithic #BronzeAge #IslesOfScilly

Monochrome real photographic postcard of an "Ancient British Grave" on the Isles of Scilly, by Gibson & Sons, c.1930s. The monument shown is the Porth Hellick Down Entrance Grave on St Mary's. #IslesOfScilly #Scilly #PorthHellickDown #JamesGibson #Postcards #TombTuesday