Porth Hellick Down

Great Tomb at Porth Hellick Down

Porth Hellick Down (grid reference SV928108) is an area of downland on the east side of the island of St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly.

Seven Scillonian entrance graves stand on the down in a general state of decay. The largest is the Great Tomb which has a 12 m diameter and a central burial chamber 3 m long and 1 m high. An unroofed passage 4.2 m long leads into the chamber at an angle. An encircling peristalith was destroyed during misguided restoration work by the Ministry of Works.

George Edward Bonsor Saint Martin excavated the Great Tomb in 1899 but found only Bronze Age pottery and reported that the tomb had already been cleared out.

Isles of Scilly

Inhabited islands	St Mary's St Agnes (and Gugh) Bryher Tresco St Martin's

Uninhabited islands	Annet Bishop Rock Crim Rocks Eastern Isles English Island Great Ganilly Gweal Norrard Rocks Pednathise Head Rosevear Round Island Samson St Helen's Teän Western Rocks White Island Zantman's Rock

Settlements	St Mary's: Hugh Town, Holy Vale, Longstone, Maypole, Normandy, Old Town, Pelistry, Porthloo, Rocky Hill, Telegraph and Trenoweth St Martin's (and St Agnes): Higher Town, Middle Town and Lower Town Tresco: New Grimsby and Old Grimsby

Topics	Environment History People Schools Transport

English Heritage sites in the Isles of Scilly

Bant's Carn Cromwell's Castle Harry's Walls Innisidgen King Charles's Castle Old Blockhouse Porth Hellick Down

Coordinates: 49°55′06″N 6°16′52″W / 49.91829°N 6.28113°W / 49.91829; -6.28113

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Porth Hellick Down

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