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White Island

Cairn(s)

Earthstepper Sep 5, 2003

Accessible on foot from St Martins at low tide. At least five cairns and an entrance grave

White Island

Cairn(s)

pure joy Sep 11, 2003

Jeanette Ratclifffe in ‘Scilly’s Archaeological Heritage’ (Twelveheads Press, 1995) gives the following info. “A well-preserved entrance grave consisting of a circular cairn surrounded by an incomplete kerb of large boulders with an infilled chamber, with coursed stone walls and two capstones still in place. On the slopes below lie nine small cairns (some kerbed). A low stony bank ditched on its south side cuts the island in half. Of unknown date, it is later in character than the fragmentary prehistoric field system of boulder walls, forming a rectilinear pattern.”

Sites within 20km of White Island

Tinkler’s Hill

Cairn(s) • 1.39km SSW

1
Great Hill

Entrance Grave • 1.8km SW

1
Knackyboy Cairn

Entrance Grave • 1.8km SSE

1
Burnt Hill

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 1.99km ESE

1
West Porth

Cairn(s) • 2.13km SW

1
Old Man

Entrance Grave • 2.21km SW

1
Cruthers Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 2.35km SE

1
Higher Town

Stone Row / Alignment • 2.46km SE

1
Chapel Downs

Carving • 2.47km ESE

1

1
Nornour

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 3.51km ESE

3

1
Middle Arthur Boat Shaped Passage Grave

Passage Grave • 4.11km SE

3
Little Arthur

Chambered Cairn • 4.15km SE

3

1
Castle Down

Chambered Cairn • 4.19km WSW

9

5
Great Arthur

Entrance Grave • 4.47km SE

5

2
St Nicholas’s Priory

Holed Stone • 4.52km SW

1

2
Innisidgen Lower

Chambered Cairn • 4.91km S

23

4
Menawethan

Cairn(s) • 4.97km ESE

1

1
Innisidgen

Cairn(s) • 4.99km SSE

27

1

5
Shipman Head

Cliff Fort • 5.01km WSW

1

1
Hillside Farm

Cist • 5.18km SW

2
Shipman Head Down

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 5.18km WSW

1

1
Long Rock

Standing Stone / Menhir • 5.29km S

7

2
Halangy Down

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 5.35km S

17

4
Lyonesse

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 5.43km SW

2

2
Bant’s Carn

Entrance Grave • 5.47km S

27

5
Samson Hill Cairns

Cairn(s) • 5.7km SW

1
Samson Hill entrance grave

Entrance Grave • 5.7km SW

1
Works Cairn

Entrance Grave • 5.76km SW

6

3
Gweal Hill

Entrance Grave • 5.93km WSW

2

1
Mount Todden

Cairn(s) • 6.12km SSE

4

2
Normandy Down

Chambered Cairn • 6.33km SSE

19

3
North Hill

Entrance Grave • 6.49km SW

5

1
The Great Tomb on Porth Hellick Down

Chambered Cairn • 6.81km SSE

37

5

1
Harry’s Walls

Standing Stone / Menhir • 6.85km S

7

1

4
Porth Hellick Downs

Cairn(s) • 6.91km SSE

27

2

1
South Hill

Entrance Grave • 6.92km SW

3

2
Salakee Down

Chambered Cairn • 7.19km SSE

20

3

1
Buzza Hill

Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech • 7.41km S

23

7
Porthcressa cist-grave cemetry

Cist • 7.54km S

1
Giant’s Castle

Cliff Fort • 7.59km SSE

10

2
Airport cairn

Chambered Cairn • 7.59km SSE

4

1
Peninnis Head

Cairn(s) • 8.22km S

7

2
Peninnis Head

Natural Rock Feature • 8.39km S

12

2

1
Old Man of Gugh

Standing Stone / Menhir • 9.79km SSW

5

1
Obadiah’s Barrow

Entrance Grave • 9.8km SSW

1

1
Carn of Works

Entrance Grave • 10.1km SSW

1
South Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 10.13km SSW

1
Clapper of Works

Entrance Grave • 10.19km SSW

1
Nag’s Head

Natural Rock Feature • 10.69km SSW

3

1
Wingletang Down

Cairn(s) • 10.88km SSW

1