<< Our Photo Pages >> Tol Tuppens Bronze Age Settlement - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Isles of Scilly
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Tol Tuppens Bronze Age SettlementCountry: England County: Isles of Scilly Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Map Ref: SV88650867
Latitude: 49.897041N Longitude: 6.337057W
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 |
| 0 | no data |
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The remains of a hut settlement and an associated field system lie on the level ground south of Tol Tuppens and on the NW slope of Kittern Hill. The field system is represented by lengths of bank and occasional boulder walls or orthostats. In two cases the banks actually adjoin hut circles, and it appears that the association is contemporary
This site is part of the Historic England List ID 1014792, "Prehistoric cairns, entrance graves, field system and settlements and post-medieval kelp pits on Kittern Hill, Gugh".
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