[Stones] Scilly Isles

[Maggie & Keith]

> I had no idea there were almost 80 Bronze Age burial chambers on the Scilly
> Isles. Impressive.
> 
> But the theorising patter of the presenter and archaeologist that Bronze
> Age people may have commuted from the mainland in log boats to construct
> them, was just too silly (pun intended):-)

They are a very special type of chamber known as an Entrance 
Grave, they are only found in the Scilly Isles and Penwith in Cornwall.
There are actually 108 known EG's on the islands and only 14 on the 
mainland. The figure for the islands will be much lower than the 
original count as the land area has drastically reduced since 
prehistoric times due to rising sea level, meaning that many EG's 
now lie submerged beneath the sea.

We have visited several of the mainland sites and have VR 
panoramas of several on our website:-

http://www.megalithics.com/england/pennance/pennmain.htm
http://www.megalithics.com/england/brane/brnemain.htm 
http://www.megalithics.com/england/bosiliak/bosimain.htm

We also have a blurb on the monument class itself :-

http://www.megalithics.com/gloss/egraves.htm

As you can imagine, a visit to the Scillies is on our to-do list, definitely 
a target-rich environment for the likes of us :0) 

Maggie & Keith


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