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<< Our Photo Pages >> Castle Down, Tresco - Chambered Tomb in England in Isles of Scilly

Submitted by Thorgrim on Monday, 09 August 2004  Page Views: 9391

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Castle Down, Tresco
Country: England County: Isles of Scilly Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Tresco island  Nearest Village: Old Grimsby
Map Ref: SV886158
Latitude: 49.960957N  Longitude: 6.343505W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 3

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oldman visited on 25th Dec 2017 Christmas morning walk

TheCaptain visited on 9th Sep 1986 During a 2 week sailing trip with friends, we spent the day on Tresco, exploring the gardens and walking round most of the island.

Castle Down, Tresco
Castle Down, Tresco submitted by Thorgrim : Entrace grave on the south slope of Tregarthen Hill (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered tomb and cairns in the Isles of Scilly

Castle Down is the wild, northern area of Tresco. It contains 78 cairns, an entrance grave, round houses, walls and a field system.

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Castle Down, Tresco
Castle Down, Tresco submitted by Bladup : Castle Down, Tresco, Cairn at SV88691571 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Castle Down, Tresco
Castle Down, Tresco submitted by Bladup : The mound at SV88781576, It has a modern wall built on it (Vote or comment on this photo)

Castle Down, Tresco
Castle Down, Tresco submitted by Bladup : On the right is the ruined Entrance Grave at SV88651620 with the lovely Gimble Porth in the background on the left (Vote or comment on this photo)

Castle Down, Tresco
Castle Down, Tresco submitted by Bladup : The ruined Entrance Grave at SV88651620 with Gimble Porth in the background (Vote or comment on this photo)

Castle Down, Tresco
Castle Down, Tresco submitted by Bladup : On the right are the remains of the ruined Entrance Grave at SV88651620, Where the hill levels off, Left of Center in the photo is the more complete Entrance Grave at SV8865516272 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Castle Down, Tresco
Castle Down, Tresco submitted by Bladup : Cairn at SV88641615 looking North

Castle Down, Tresco
Castle Down, Tresco submitted by Bladup : Cairn at SV88641615

Castle Down, Tresco
Castle Down, Tresco submitted by Bladup : Low Cairn at SV88651601

Castle Down, Tresco
Castle Down, Tresco submitted by Bladup : The remains of the Entrance Grave at SV88651620

Castle Down, Tresco
Castle Down, Tresco submitted by Bladup : Castle Down, Tresco, Prehistoric field system at SV886165

Castle Down, Tresco
Castle Down, Tresco submitted by Bladup : Castle Down, Tresco, Cairn at SV88691571

Castle Down, Tresco
Castle Down, Tresco submitted by Thorgrim : Field system and boulder wall identical to those now below the sea off the coasts of Tresco, Bryher and Samson. Many round houses are concealed by the heather. Some have annexes and are round, oval or D-shaped.

Castle Down, Tresco
Castle Down, Tresco submitted by Thorgrim : Entrance grave with an inner kerb of eleven stones. The walled chamber is covered by two remaining capstones (1 comment)

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 270m S 177° New Grimsby Cairn* Cairn (SV88601553)
 373m ESE 121° Dials Rocks Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SV88911559)
 475m N 3° Tregarthen Hill* Passage Grave (SV8865516272)
 660m N 359° Tregarthen Hill Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SV88631646)
 739m N 358° Piper's Hole* Cave or Rock Shelter (SV88621654)
 781m SE 138° Vane Hill Cairns* Barrow Cemetery (SV89091519)
 919m WSW 254° Shipman Head Down cairn cemetery* Cairn (SV877156)
 998m ESE 121° Middle Down Cairn* Cairn (SV89431524)
 1.0km W 281° Shipman Head Down, Bryher* Hillfort (SV87601605)
 1.1km WSW 244° Shipman Head Chambered Cairn* Chambered Cairn (SV87621540)
 1.3km SSW 206° Green Bay Prehistoric field system and Cist* Ancient Village or Settlement (SV87951465)
 1.5km SE 124° Borough Cairn* Cairn (SV89761491)
 1.5km SSW 208° Hillside Farm, Bryher* Chambered Tomb (SV878145)
 1.6km SSE 160° Abbey Hill Cairns* Barrow Cemetery (SV89051431)
 1.7km SW 235° Gweal Hill, Bryher* Chambered Tomb (SV87151492)
 1.7km SSW 200° Bonfire Carn, Bryher* Chambered Cairn (SV87931424)
 1.7km SSE 156° Roman Altar at Tresco Gardens* Sculptured Stone (SV892142)
 1.7km SSW 204° Top Rock Entrance Grave and Cairn* Chambered Cairn (SV8779914266)
 1.8km SSW 203° Samson Hill, Bryher* Chambered Tomb (SV878142)
 1.8km SSW 202° Works Carn, Bryher* Chambered Cairn (SV87821413)
 1.9km SW 218° Heathy Hill Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SV87361437)
 1.9km ENE 71° Old Man Entrance Grave* Chambered Cairn (SV90471632)
 2.1km ENE 74° West Porth Cairn* Cairn (SV90631627)
 2.3km SSE 164° Appletree Bay prehistoric field system* Ancient Village or Settlement (SV89101358)
 2.4km SSE 157° Bathinghouse Porth prehistoric field system and hut circle settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SV8942013561)
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