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The Isles of Scilly are a small island group west of Cornwall. Despite their small size, they abound in prehistoric sites dating from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age, including cairns, burial chambers and passage graves. While prehistoric...

On the eve of the Roman Conquest, the south-east was dominated completely by the Catuvellauni. They, if any, could claim the legendary High Kingship of Britain. As well as having conquered the Cantiaci, the Trinovantes, and the Atrebates...

When Julius Caesar landed on the Kent coast in 55 BC, he had a basic knowledge of what to expect of the south-eastern Britons from his dealings with their close relatives on the Continent. What he wasn't prepared for was the English Channel...

Rome maintained trading and political links of a sort with the Britons, and were able to observe the slow coalescence of the south-east towards the creation of a unified kingdom. The Catuvellauni, who had already proved themselves to be...

This large chambered cairn is found on Buzza Hill, a small hill south of Hugh Town on St. Mary's in the Isles of Scilly, UK. It was excavated in the 18th century by the Cornish antiquarian William Borlase, but nothing was found inside. The...

The leaning menhir known as the "Old Man of Gugh" is 2.4 metres / 8 feet tall and stands on a ridge on the small island of Gugh in the Isles of Scilly, UK. The archaeologist George Bonsor dug around the base of the menhir in 1900 but did...

Bant's Carn is a Scillionian entrance grave in very well-preserved condition. It is located on the island of St. Mary's in the Isles of Scilly, UK. It was excavated in 1900 by the archaeologist George Bonsor where he found piles of cremated...

This chambered entrance grave is found on the island of St. Mary's in the Isles of Scilly. It consists of a rectangular chamber and capstones on top. The exact date it was built is still unknown, but pottery found at the site suggests that...

This entrance grave burial mound also known as "The Great Tomb" stands upon Porth Hellick Down on the island of St. Mary's in the Isles of Scilly, UK. Part of a Bronze Age cemetery that was in use circa 2500 to 800 BCE, it is the largest...

This entrance grave known as Obadiah's Barrow is found on the small island of Gugh in the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. Across its cairn there is a chamber with coursed walls and four out of six original capstones remaining, although some...