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Isles of Scilly History - Halangy Down Iron Age Village

1,689 views · Published 15 July 2017 · 7:20 · Indexed 12 November 2026

Channel: EnglishMartialArts · 2017 · Sports

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On the North-West Side of St Mary's - the largest of the isles of Scilly - sandwiched inbetween the sea and the prehistoric burial chamber known as Bant's Carn lies the Iron Age Village called Halangy Down.

It is an almost unprecedented site with numerous dwellings in a remakable level of preservation, including a wonderful courtyard house.

There is also a wealth of extremely clear evidence of agricultural work, with field walls from the same period surviving almost completely intact.

The site was occupied from the mesolithic period, as microliths, tools, and pottery from that period are currently being eroded out of the cliff face some few yards below the village.

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