Halangy Down

Nearest town:
Newlyn (58km ENE)
OS reference:
SV911124
OS sheet:
203
Latitude:
49° 55' 52.07 N
Longitude:
6° 18' 18.64 W
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Images

Image of Halangy Down (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by postman

Looks like you can see the curvature of the earth from here.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Aug 3, 2015
Image of Halangy Down (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by thesweetcheat

View of Halangy Down from the ferry. Bant’s Carn can be seen in the top right of the picture.

Image credit: A. Brookes (24.6.09)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 28, 2009
Image of Halangy Down (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by pure joy

Halangy Down Settlement – St.Mary’s, Isles of Scilly – storage alcove (?) in the courtyard house – 3rd October 2003

Image credit: Martin Bull
pure joy
pure joy Nov 15, 2003
Image of Halangy Down (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by pure joy

Halangy Down Settlement – St.Mary’s, Isles of Scilly – looking at the best preserved Courtyard house. Bant’s Carn can be just seen on the horizon (top right) – 3rd October 2003

Image credit: Martin Bull
pure joy
pure joy Nov 15, 2003
Image of Halangy Down (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by ocifant

Bants Carn can be seen at top right of the picture.

Image credit: Alan S>
ocifant
ocifant Oct 14, 2003

Articles

Halangy Down

postman
postman Aug 4, 2015

You cant go to Bants Carn without having at least a quick look at the ancient village, with time all run out we had a whirlwind tour, stopping only to photograph the best bits. I can well see how someone could spend all day on this hillside, but we only have two minutes.
The stones used in some places are big ones, standing as tall as me, the houses are easily picked out from the many various stones, it mostly reminded of Chysauster.
But mostly it was just a very pretty place to be, like most of St Mary’s.
I’ve fallen for Scilly a bit, can’t tell though can you ?

Halangy Down

thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jul 26, 2009

Down the slope from Bant’s Carn, this is an excellently preserved settlement, like Carn Euny with a sea view. Plenty of people picnicing here.

We also got a good view of the village from the ferry leaving St Mary’s.

From here we went off to Long Rock.

Halangy Down

pure joy
pure joy Oct 7, 2003

Halangy Down Settlement – St.Mary’s, Isles of Scilly – 3rd October 2003

For directions and comment, see Bant’s Carn.

This was a really evocative site for me, and I could well imagine people living here. The courtyard house is excellent, although the rest of the settlement would require more time to explore to try to make more sense of it all.

NB – It should be said that although there is evidence of settlement on the site going back to the Bronze Age, the settlement we now see probably belongs to the second to fourth centuries AD.

Halangy Down

Earthstepper
Earthstepper Aug 31, 2003

Located on a steep slope below Bants Carn and overlooking the sea, this settlement is very similar to that at Chysauster. There is one courtyard house and other interconnected oval houses with a likely occupation period of 500 years. Romano British and so much younger than the nearby tomb of Bants Carn. Interesting to speculate on how the residents related to that ancient tomb.

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