Bant's Carn
Bant's Carn is a entrance grave on the island of St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall. It follows the distinct Scillonian style.
A military battery built in 1905 also stands nearby.
The tomb measures around 26 feet in diameter and stands on a low platform 13 yards across. The entrance is 15 feet long and 3 feet high, with no roof. It is separated from the burial chamber by a jamb. The chamber itself measures around 16 feet in length and 5 feet 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,[1] 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 Scilly Museum in December 1976.
This site also includes remains of post-mediæval field systems and other occupation. It, together with the nearby late Iron Age/Romano-British village of Halangy Down[2] is now in the guardianship of English Heritage.
See also
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- Location map: 49°55’51"N, 6°18’27"W
- Bant's Carn and Halangy Down Ancient Village – English Heritage
References
- ↑ P. Ashbee. in: Cornish Archaeology, 9, Cornwall Archaeological Society, 1970; p. 70
- ↑ Bant's Carn and Halangy Down Ancient Village
