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Samson Hill Cairns

Cairn(s)

pure joy Sep 9, 2003

Jeannette Ratcliffe in ‘Scilly’s Archaeological Heritage’ (Twelveheads Press, 1995) gives the following info. “At the west end of the hilltop, an irregular D-shaped kerbed cairn built against a natural rock has remains of a chamber running along the outcrop. Two metres north-east on a natural eminence of bare rock by the footpath is a simple cairn with a slight central disturbance”.

Sites within 20km of Samson Hill Cairns

Samson Hill entrance grave

Entrance Grave • 0km N

1
Works Cairn

Entrance Grave • 0.1km SSE

6

3
Lyonesse

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 0.8km E

2

2
Hillside Farm

Cist • 0.8km N

2
Gweal Hill

Entrance Grave • 0.99km WNW

2

1
North Hill

Entrance Grave • 1.1km S

5

1
Shipman Head Down

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 1.41km NNW

1

1
St Nicholas’s Priory

Holed Stone • 1.59km ENE

1

2
South Hill

Entrance Grave • 1.8km SSE

3

2
Shipman Head

Cliff Fort • 1.91km NNW

1

1
Castle Down

Chambered Cairn • 2.18km N

9

5
Old Man

Entrance Grave • 3.49km NE

1
West Porth

Cairn(s) • 3.57km NE

1
Bant’s Carn

Entrance Grave • 3.7km E

27

5
Halangy Down

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 3.74km E

17

4
Great Hill

Entrance Grave • 3.91km NE

1
Long Rock

Standing Stone / Menhir • 4.01km E

7

2
Porthcressa cist-grave cemetry

Cist • 4.43km ESE

1
Innisidgen Lower

Chambered Cairn • 4.44km E

23

4
Tinkler’s Hill

Cairn(s) • 4.46km NE

1
Harry’s Walls

Standing Stone / Menhir • 4.51km ESE

7

1

4
Innisidgen

Cairn(s) • 4.66km E

27

1

5
Buzza Hill

Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech • 4.71km ESE

23

7
Knackyboy Cairn

Entrance Grave • 4.76km ENE

1
Cruthers Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 5.2km ENE

1
Higher Town

Stone Row / Alignment • 5.59km ENE

1
Peninnis Head

Cairn(s) • 5.7km ESE

7

2
White Island

Cairn(s) • 5.7km NE

2
Mount Todden

Cairn(s) • 5.72km E

4

2
Obadiah’s Barrow

Entrance Grave • 5.76km SSE

1

1
Peninnis Head

Natural Rock Feature • 5.89km ESE

12

2

1
Old Man of Gugh

Standing Stone / Menhir • 5.91km SE

5

1
Salakee Down

Chambered Cairn • 5.95km ESE

20

3

1
Normandy Down

Chambered Cairn • 6.02km E

19

3
Burnt Hill

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.05km ENE

1
Airport cairn

Chambered Cairn • 6.06km ESE

4

1
The Great Tomb on Porth Hellick Down

Chambered Cairn • 6.11km E

37

5

1
Porth Hellick Downs

Cairn(s) • 6.16km E

27

2

1
Middle Arthur Boat Shaped Passage Grave

Passage Grave • 6.18km E

3
Giant’s Castle

Cliff Fort • 6.28km ESE

10

2
Little Arthur

Chambered Cairn • 6.28km E

3

1
Carn of Works

Entrance Grave • 6.31km SE

1
South Hill

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 6.32km SE

1
Clapper of Works

Entrance Grave • 6.35km SSE

1
Great Arthur

Entrance Grave • 6.41km E

5

2
Nag’s Head

Natural Rock Feature • 6.51km SSE

3

1
Nornour

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 6.59km ENE

3

1
Chapel Downs

Carving • 6.59km ENE

1

1
Wingletang Down

Cairn(s) • 6.71km SSE

1
Menawethan

Cairn(s) • 7.68km E

1

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Samson Hill Cairns

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Miscellaneous

Samson Hill Cairns

Sites within 20km of Samson Hill Cairns

Samson Hill entrance grave

Works Cairn

Lyonesse

Hillside Farm

Gweal Hill

North Hill

Shipman Head Down

St Nicholas’s Priory

South Hill

Shipman Head

Castle Down

Old Man

West Porth

Bant’s Carn

Halangy Down

Great Hill

Long Rock

Porthcressa cist-grave cemetry

Innisidgen Lower

Tinkler’s Hill

Harry’s Walls

Innisidgen

Buzza Hill

Knackyboy Cairn

Cruthers Hill

Higher Town

Peninnis Head

White Island

Mount Todden

Obadiah’s Barrow

Peninnis Head

Old Man of Gugh

Salakee Down

Normandy Down

Burnt Hill

Airport cairn

The Great Tomb on Porth Hellick Down

Porth Hellick Downs

Middle Arthur Boat Shaped Passage Grave

Giant’s Castle

Little Arthur

Carn of Works

South Hill

Clapper of Works

Great Arthur

Nag’s Head

Nornour

Chapel Downs

Wingletang Down

Menawethan