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<< Our Photo Pages >> Buzza Hill - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in England in Isles of Scilly

Submitted by Andy_Creigh on Tuesday, 17 April 2001  Page Views: 10532

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Buzza Hill
Country: England County: Isles of Scilly Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 Nearest Village: Island of St Mary's
Map Ref: SV90601038  Landranger Map Number: 203
Latitude: 49.913389N  Longitude: 6.311353W
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.
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
5

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TheCaptain visited on 17th Jul 2003 Sailing trip from Plymouth over to the Scilly Isles. While ashore, have a walk around Peninnis Head.

lucasn visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3

Bladup paulcall ocifant have visited here

Buzza Hill
Buzza Hill submitted by paulcall : There are two pairs of stones facing the chamber, one pair in the foreground and one pair to the left. They seem rather far away to be part of the original structure. (Vote or comment on this photo)
There are apparently two graves on this hill although I have only found one as the other lies under the tower behind me. When excavation was carried out in both in the mid-18th century nothing was found. The chamber does not seem to have an entrance and it is possible that this is the remains of a cist burial. There only seems to be one capstone in place although another may possibly be blocking the northeast end.

The view from the top of this hill is fantastic.

Over eighty entrance graves have been recorded on the isles of Scilly . They vary a great deal in state of preservation.

Most date to the late Neolithic period (+2500 BC) and continued in construction and use until as late as 700 BC. They are constructed of stone and earth and are circular in shape. Usually surrounded by a stone kerb, with a rectangular stone chamber constructed of stone and course walling and covered by large capstones. The entrances themselves vary in the direction they face, although the majority face Easterly to catch the rays of the rising sun.

They vary a great deal in size perhaps reflecting the social standing of those buried there, and/or the different functions of the monuments themselves.

From the human remains found in many of the chambers burial was a primary function for these sites. Cremation was the usual form with the bones deposited loose or in urns, occasionally accompanied by grave goods. In three chambers burials span a period of nearly 700 years.

It is also likely that they were used as territorial markers, and places of ritual offering to ensure the fertility of the land, possibly linked to early field boundaries associated with many of the sites.
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Buzza Hill
Buzza Hill submitted by Bladup : Buzza Hill. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Buzza Hill submitted by Bladup : Buzza Hill overlooking Hugh Town. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Buzza Hill submitted by Bladup : Buzza Hill Chambered Cairn (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Buzza Hill submitted by Bladup : Buzza Hill chambered cairn. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Buzza Hill submitted by Bladup : Buzza Hill Chambered cairn. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Buzza Hill submitted by Bladup : A Summer Sunset at Buzza Hill Chambered Cairn

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Buzza Hill submitted by Bladup : Buzza Hill Chambered Cairn from the other side, You can see a kerbstone and behind that to the left is the outcrop that's a little far back to have been used as a kerbstone

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Buzza Hill submitted by Bladup : Buzza Hill Chambered Cairn from the side and a kerbstone

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Buzza Hill submitted by Bladup : Buzza Hill Chambered Cairn

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Buzza Hill submitted by Bladup : Buzza Hill Chambered Cairn, To the chambers SE is a large natural stone that looks like it was once part of the chambered cairns kerb (even though it's just too far back)

Buzza Hill
Buzza Hill submitted by Bladup : Buzza Hill Chambered Cairn, What looks like two remaining Kerbstones to the NE of the chamber (In the background), They're too far away for kerbstones though but still seem like they're to do with the Chambered Cairn in some way

Buzza Hill
Buzza Hill submitted by Bladup : Buzza Hill Chambered Cairn overlooking Hugh Town

Buzza Hill
Buzza Hill submitted by Bladup : Buzza Hill Chambered Cairn overlooking Porth Cressa

Buzza Hill
Buzza Hill submitted by Bladup : Buzza Hill Chambered Cairn

Buzza Hill
Buzza Hill submitted by Bladup : Buzza Hill Chambered Cairn, The chamber and the Natural stone/kerbstone to it's SE

Buzza Hill
Buzza Hill submitted by Bladup : Buzza Hill Chambered Cairn, What looks like two remaining Kerbstones to the NE of the chamber (In the background)

Buzza Hill
Buzza Hill submitted by Bladup : Buzza Hill Chambered Cairn

Buzza Hill
Buzza Hill submitted by Bladup : Buzza Hill Chambered Cairn, To the chambers SE is what looks like a large natural stone that looks like it was once part of the chambered cairns Kerb

Buzza Hill
Buzza Hill submitted by Bladup : Buzza Hill, Showing the Mound

Buzza Hill
Buzza Hill submitted by Bladup : Buzza Hill Chambered Cairn overlooks Hugh Town

Buzza Hill
Buzza Hill submitted by Bladup : Buzza Hill Chambered Cairn, There's Supposed to be (or was) another Chambered Cairn under the tower

Buzza Hill
Buzza Hill submitted by Bladup : Buzza Hill Chambered Cairn with Hugh town and the Scillonian in the background

Buzza Hill
Buzza Hill submitted by Bladup : Buzza Hill Chambered Cairn, In the red oval is a carved part of the rock, I'm not sure how old it is but it's definitely man made, It looks like it may have held a post

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Buzza Hill submitted by Bladup : The Lovely Buzza Hill Chambered Cairn

Buzza Hill
Buzza Hill submitted by lucasn : The Bronze Age entrance grave on Buzza Hill

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 30m E 87° King Edward's Tower Chambered Cairn* Chambered Cairn (SV90631038)
 232m WNW 298° Isles of Scilly Museum* Museum (SV904105)
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 640m NNE 28° Mount Flagon Menhir* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SV90931093)
 846m ESE 121° Carn Leh* Ancient Village or Settlement (SV913099)
 935m SSE 153° Peninnis Head Boundary Misc. Earthwork (SV90970952)
 1.0km SSE 147° Peninnis Head* Cairn (SV911095)
 1.1km SSE 153° Peninnis Head Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SV91050938)
 1.3km E 101° Porth Minick* Ancient Village or Settlement (SV91841007)
 1.3km E 99° Inner Blue Cairn* Cairn (SV91901010)
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 1.4km N 356° Carn Morval Down (3) Misc. Earthwork (SV90581182)
 1.6km E 95° Salakee Down 3 Chambered Tomb (SV92171016)
 1.6km NE 44° Holy Vale Longstone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SV91771147)
 1.6km N 5° Carn Morval Down (2)* Cairn (SV90841196)
 1.6km N 2° Carn Morval Down (1)* Chambered Tomb (SV90761199)
 1.7km E 99° Salakee Down 5* Chambered Tomb (SV92241002)
 1.7km NNE 32° Town Lane (St Mary's) Cist (SV91571175)
 1.7km E 97° Salakee Down 6 (2 cairns)* Chambered Tomb (SV92271009)
 1.7km ENE 75° Higher Moor Cairns* Barrow Cemetery (SV92261073)
 1.7km E 98° Salakee Down 4* Chambered Tomb (SV92281003)
 1.7km E 91° Salakee Down 2 Chambered Tomb (SV92321025)
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 1.9km E 86° Salakee Down 1* Chambered Tomb (SV925104)
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Buzza Hill by lucasn on Monday, 27 August 2018
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Re: Buzza Hill by coldrum on Tuesday, 27 January 2009
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