
Looking southwest across Blacka Brook towards Saddlesborough.
Looking southwest across Blacka Brook towards Saddlesborough.
Substantial enclosure wall.
Looking northwest towards Trowlesworthy Warren House (behind the trees, centre) with Wigford Down on the left skyline.
Enclosure wall of one of the lower enclosures southeast of Trowlesworthy Warren House.
Settlement on the lower slopes southeast of Trowlesworthy Warren House.
At the northeast of the site, looking southwest-ish.
Enclosure C, looking towards Enclosure A.
One of the hut circles not enclosed within an enclosure.
The northern terminus of the row.
Looking south along the row from near its northern end.
Looking south along the row, towards its southern end. The stones are very small and barely poke above the grass.
The large slab on the northern perimeter of the terminal cairn circle. The other stones remaining are very small and almost buried in the grass at this time of year. One of the large hut circles can be seen on the crest of the hillside above.
A single orthostat, just to the east of the hut circle group and stone row.
Probably the best of the group, with a double kerb forming the outer wall.
Another view of the excellent hut circle, looking north.
One of the fine hut-circles towards the northwest of the group. Looking eastwards.
Elevated view of the round (centre) from Trengwainton Carn to the east.
William Borlase’s plan of the speculative stone circle on Salakee Down, from Observations on the Ancient and Present State of the Isles of Scilly.
William Borlase’s drawing of The High Stone from Observations on The Ancient and Present State of The Isles of Scilly (1756).
Jeremy Butler notes that the arc and spread of stone around the trig point on the summit of Gutter Tor is probably the remains of a very damaged cairn (Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three (1994)).
One of two lanulae found in a barrow at Harlyn Bay in 1864. In the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro.
Electrotype copy of the Rillaton Cup, Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro. The original is in the British Museum.
Beautifully decorated beaker, from a cist within a barrow at Trevedra Common, excavated 1954. Now in Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro.
Small Early Bronze Age decorated urn with chevrons from Harlyn Bay (second from left) with other cinerary urns found at Carnkief (left) and Treworrick Farm, St Ewe (second from right) and a copper cup from Colliford Barrow, Bodmin Moor.
The two urns found near the foot of the stone, mentioned in Mark’s Miscellaneous post. Now in Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro.
A very small perforated pottery vessel, possibly for incense. Found at Harlyn Bay in 1940 along with an urn, spindle whorl and whetstone. Now in Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro.
The wooded site, seen from the southwest.
Visited by accident 20 June 2024. I haven’t been able to find out anything about this stone, which is in the walled garden at National Trust Trengwainton, next to a pond. It’s a ringer for the Tregeseal holed stones near St Just, but I have no idea if it’s the real thing or a copy.
Seen across Porthbeer Cove from Chynhalls Cliff to the SSW.
Circle stones. Looking towards Nine Maidens Downs.
Inner rampart with its cleared ditch on the right.
Section of cleared outer rampart on the south side of the fort.
Really impressive stone walls have been revealed in the outer rampart by the clearance of vegetation.
Cleared outer rampart on the western side of the fort.
Clearance work has revealed more of the outer rampart around the north-western arc from the gate.