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Hillside Farm Burial Chamber No image available Nearest Town: Newlyn (60km ENE) OS Ref (GB):     SV879150 / Sheet: 203 Latitude: 49° 57' 10.03" N Longitude:     6° 21' 6.28" W Added by phil News (1) Links (2) 0 discussions Start a topic Show  |  Hide Web searches for Hillside Farm Flash Earth Flickr Google Google Images MAGIC The Megalithic Portal Bing Stone Pages Streetmap.co.uk Wikipedia

- Sites within 20 km - - Hillside Farm (0.51km S) (1 post) Shipman Head Down (0.67km NW) (1 post) Samson Hill (0.7km SSE) (0 posts) Gweal Hill (0.8km WSW) (3 posts) Samson Hill Cairns (0.8km S) (1 post) Samson Hill Entrance Graves (0.8km S) (1 post) Works Cairn Entrance Grave (0.9km S) (9 posts) Shipman Head Down (1.14km NW) (3 posts) Lyonesse (1.34km SE) (4 posts) Castle Down (1.39km NNE) (15 posts) North Hill (1.91km S) (6 posts) South Hill (2.6km SSE) (5 posts) Old Man (2.99km ENE) (1 post) West Porth (3.08km ENE) (1 post) Great Hill (3.39km ENE) (1 post) Bant's Carn (4.02km ESE) (26 posts) Tinkler's Hill (4.03km ENE) (1 post) Halangy Down (4.11km ESE) (14 posts) Long Rock (4.34km ESE) (9 posts) Knackyboy Cairn (4.45km ENE) (1 post) Innisidgen Lower (4.68km E) (14 posts) Innisidgen (4.91km E) (31 posts) Cruthers Hill (4.99km ENE) (1 post) Harry's Walls (5.07km ESE) (11 posts) Porthcressa cist-grave cemetry (5.09km SE) (1 post) White Island (5.18km NE) (2 posts) Buzza Hill (5.32km ESE) (29 posts) Higher Town (5.38km ENE) (1 post) Burnt Hill (5.76km ENE) (1 post) Mount Todden (6.05km E) (6 posts) Little Arthur (6.29km E) (1 post) Peninnis Head (6.32km SE) (7 posts) Chapel Downs (6.34km ENE) (2 posts) Deep Point (6.36km E) (22 posts) Salakee Downs (6.41km ESE) (8 posts) Great Arthur (6.45km E) (1 post) Nornour (6.48km ENE) (4 posts) The Great Tomb on Porth Hellick Down (6.51km ESE) (34 posts) Peninnis Head (6.52km SE) (10 posts) Obadiah's Barrow (6.55km SSE) (2 posts) Porth Hellick Downs (6.57km ESE) (23 posts) Airport cairn (6.57km ESE) (5 posts) Old Man of Gugh (6.68km SSE) (5 posts) Giant's Castle (6.77km ESE) (10 posts) Carn of Works (7.09km SSE) (1 post) Clapper of Works (7.17km SSE) (1 post) South Hill (7.19km SSE) (1 post) Nag's Head (7.3km SSE) (4 posts) Wingletang Down (7.5km SSE) (1 post) Menawethan (7.68km E) (1 post) - Facilities within 20 km - - Buccabu Bike Hire (Tourist Information: 5.2 km SE)

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Iron Age sword returns to islands A 2,000-year-old sword and an ancient mirror are to be returned to the islands where a farmer found them. He was working with a tractor in a potato field on the Isles of Scilly, off Cornwall, when he uncovered a burial site. see the story http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/england/newsid_1858000/1858788.stm Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by phil 23rd March 2002ce

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C.A.U. 1 colour photo of the excavation and some b&w photos of the sword and mirror. The 34 inch long sword in its bronze scabbard and the oval mirror. Other finds include fittings from a shield, a spiral ring, a brooch and a ring used to fasten the sword belt – all made of bronze. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

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Scilly news The Sword has recently been described as one of the most important finds in the Islands ever, and has been away at the British Museum who have attempted to preserve the artefact from further corrosion. The Sword, found by farmer Paul Jenkins along with a mirror in what was though to be part of a ceremonial burial, will be on display in the Isles of Scilly Museum. Honorary Curator, Steve Ottery says he is “Very excited” about the prospect of the sword being on display. Fiction writer, Michael Morpurgo arrived in the Islands at the same time as the Sword in order to promote his new book ‘The Sleeping Sword', which he launched on Bryher. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by phil 23rd March 2002ce