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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Tregarthen Hill
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.3 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Isles of Scilly Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Tresco (Island)
Map Ref: SV8865516272
Latitude: 49.965219N  Longitude: 6.343122W
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.
 5 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.
 3 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
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Tregarthen Hill
Tregarthen Hill submitted by FionaR : Tregarthen Hill (Vote or comment on this photo)
Heather-covered entrance grave on Tregarthen Hill, Tresco, Isles of Scilly. Kerbstones and a chamber with capstones.
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Tregarthen Hill submitted by Bladup : Tregarthen Hill Entrance Grave Chambered Cairn (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tregarthen Hill
Tregarthen Hill submitted by Bladup (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tregarthen Hill submitted by Bladup : The Lovely view of Gimble Porth from near the Entrance Grave (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tregarthen Hill submitted by Bladup : Tregarthen Hill Entrance Grave Chambered Cairn, There's another Cairn to the North and right next to the Chambered Cairn (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tregarthen Hill Settlement
Tregarthen Hill Settlement submitted by Bladup : Tregarthen Hill Settlement, Some upright stones in the slight bank of the Settlement

Tregarthen Hill Settlement
Tregarthen Hill Settlement submitted by Bladup : Tregarthen Hill Settlement, Looking down on the hard to see site

Tregarthen Hill Settlement
Tregarthen Hill Settlement submitted by Bladup : Tregarthen Hill Settlement, Showing the curving slight bank

Tregarthen Hill Settlement
Tregarthen Hill Settlement submitted by Bladup : Tregarthen Hill Settlement, Part of the outer defensive wall to the West of the Settlement, This way the wall heads around the far older Chambered Cairn (and the cairn next to it), It seems like the later Settlement builders were saying "Our ancesters are here and built these and we enclose/want them in our settlement"

Tregarthen Hill Settlement
Tregarthen Hill Settlement submitted by Bladup : Tregarthen Hill Settlement, Part of the outer defensive wall to the West of the Settlement

Tregarthen Hill Settlement
Tregarthen Hill Settlement submitted by Bladup : Tregarthen Hill Settlement, Looking over the Settlement, In the center of the photo is the footings of a possible hut, You can also see part of a hut in the bottom left of the photo

Tregarthen Hill Settlement
Tregarthen Hill Settlement submitted by Bladup : The outcrop in the foreground is the Southern corner of the settlement (you can just see the slight bank running away from the stone into the distance)

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Tregarthen Hill submitted by Bladup : Tregarthen Hill Chambered Cairn

Tregarthen Hill
Tregarthen Hill submitted by Bladup : Tregarthen Hill Chambered Cairn, Some large kerbstones

Tregarthen Hill
Tregarthen Hill submitted by Bladup : Tregarthen Hill Chambered Cairn

Tregarthen Hill
Tregarthen Hill submitted by Bladup : Tregarthen Hill Chambered Cairn, Some large outer kerbstones

Tregarthen Hill
Tregarthen Hill submitted by Bladup : Tregarthen Hill Chambered Cairn

Tregarthen Hill
Tregarthen Hill submitted by Bladup

Tregarthen Hill
Tregarthen Hill submitted by Bladup

Tregarthen Hill
Tregarthen Hill submitted by Bladup : Tregarthen Hill Entrance Grave Chambered Cairn

Tregarthen Hill
Tregarthen Hill submitted by Bladup : Tregarthen Hill Entrance Grave Chambered Cairn capstones

Tregarthen Hill
Tregarthen Hill submitted by Bladup : The Cairn to be found right next to and north of the Chambered Cairn

Tregarthen Hill
Tregarthen Hill submitted by Bladup : Tregarthen Hill Entrance grave Chambered Cairn

Tregarthen Hill
Tregarthen Hill submitted by Bladup : Tregarthen Hill Entrance Grave Chambered Cairn, Showing the Kerb and Chamber (1 comment)

Tregarthen Hill
Tregarthen Hill submitted by Bladup : Tregarthen Hill Entrance Grave Chambered Cairn

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 2.2km SSW 199° Samson Hill, Bryher* Chambered Tomb (SV878142)
 2.3km SSW 198° Works Carn, Bryher* Chambered Cairn (SV87821413)
 2.3km SSW 211° Heathy Hill Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SV87361437)
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