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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Innisidgen UpperCountry: England County: Isles of Scilly Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Village: St Mary's
Map Ref: SV92181265 Landranger Map Number: 203
Latitude: 49.934563N Longitude: 6.291219W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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celticmaiden55 visited on 1st Sep 2018 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 3 Sheltered in it due to a rogue shower
lucasn visited on 1st Aug 2018 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 2
TheCaptain visited on 8th Sep 1986 During a 2 week sailing trip with friends, I left the rest of the crew to sail L'Aurian from St Mary's all the way round the Western Rocks and in to New Grimsby harbour, Tresco for the night. I spent the day walking round the entire coast of St Mary's visiting many ancient sites, before catching a ferry over to Bryher in the evening and getting picked up by the crew.
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 5 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 2.5
Overlooking the Crow sound towards the Eastern Isles and the ruined village on Nornour, this well preserved Scillonian entrance grave is in a superb setting. The substantial mound is reverted on all sides by a kerb of large stones. The walls of the inner chamber are of slabs and course stone and it has a total of 5 capstones.
The entrance aligns south easterly (120?).
Access - Any reasonable time.
Location - 1.75m NE of Hugh Town
I first visited this site three years ago, on my first holiday with my fiancé. It was that trip that sparked my interest in this type of site. Today it still retains that initial magic. We approached the site from the southeast along the cliff path, with the site visible for quite a while before we reached it.
It truly is a wonderful place. The wind blows through the trees creating an eerie hush, only broken by the sound of waves lapping the shore to my left. The views across the Crow sound are fabulous and although it would have looked much different 3000 years ago, it is easy to see while the ancients would choose here as their last resting place.
On this visit my attention has really been drawn to a rock out crop to the East over looking the sea. This appears to have a small cleft down the middle which aligns directly east. Perhaps it was used for the funeral pior or to lay the bodies of the dead out so the skin could be cleaned by seabirds in preparation for cremation. This is pure speculation however it seems too prominent in the landscape to be coincidence.
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