Isles of the Dead?: the setting and function of the Bronze Age chambered cairns and cists of the Isles of Scilly
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List of Illustrations and Tables.........................................................................iv
Summary..................................................................................................vii
Acknowledgements........................................................................................vlii
1 Introduction...........................................................................................1
1.1 The Isles of Scilly...............................................................................1
1.2 Isles of the Dead?................................................................................3
1.3 The archaeology of islands........................................................................4
1.4 Scilly’s prehistoric maritime connections.........................................................5
1.5 Outline of work...................................................................................6
1.6 Terminology.......................................................................................6
1.7 A note on nomenclature............................................................................7
1.8 Radiocarbon dates.................................................................................7
2 Recent approaches to the study of megaliths and their application to Scilly............................8
2.1 Introduction......................................................................................8
2.2 Megalithic burial chambers as territorial markers.................................................8
2.3 Megalithic burial chambers and power relationships in prehistoric societies.......................9
2.4 Phenomenology....................................................................................12
2.5 Colour, light and sound in megalithic burial chambers............................................14
2.6 Megaliths in the landscape.......................................................................15
2.7 Refitting of megaliths...........................................................................17
2.8 Conclusions......................................................................................18
3 Previous research on the entrance graves and cists of Scilly..........................................19
3.1 Introduction.....................................................................................19
3.2 The 18th and 19th century writers................................................................19
Heath.............................................................................................19
Borlase...........................................................................................19
Troutbeck.........................................................................................20
Woodley...........................................................................................21
Smith.............................................................................................21
3.3 20th century researchers.........................................................................21
Bonsor............................................................................................21
Crawford..........................................................................................23
Hencken...........................................................................................23
Daniel............................................................................................24
Piggott...........................................................................................25
O’Neil............................................................................................25
Ashbee............................................................................................26
Thomas............................................................................................26
3.4 Recent work......................................................................................26
Cornwall Archaeological Unit/Historic Environment Service, Cornwall Council.......................26
Robinson..........................................................................................27
3.5 Conclusions................................................................................27 4 * *
4 The physical characteristics of the scillonian entrance graves and cists................................28
4.1 Introduction.......................................................................................28
4.2 Data sources.......................................................................................28
4.3 Basic structure....................................................................................29
Entrance graves....................................................................................29
Cists..............................................................................................29
4.4 Numbers............................................................................................30
4.5 Excavations........................................................................................31
4.6 Details of construction - entrance graves..........................................................32
Chamber walling.....................................................................................32
Capstones...........................................................................................33
Chamber floors......................................................................................33
Passages............................................................................................33
Mounds..............................................................................................34
Dimensions..........................................................................................35
Orientation.........................................................................................35
4.7 Details of construction - cists....................................................................35
Walling and capstones...............................................................................35
Cist floors.........................................................................................36
Mounds..............................................................................................36
Dimensions..........................................................................................36
Orientation.........................................................................................36
4.8 Atypical structures................................................................................37
4.9 Boulder walls......................................................................................37
4.10 Conclusions......................................................................................37
5 The contents of the Scillonian entrance graves and cists.................................................38
5.1 Introduction.......................................................................................38
5.2 Data sources.......................................................................................38
5.3 Pottery............................................................................................38
Vessels and sherds..................................................................................46
Clay balls..........................................................................................46
Clay mortar/daub....................................................................................46
5.4 Flint and other stone..............................................................................46
Flint...............................................................................................46
Granite.............................................................................................47
Pumice..............................................................................................48
Other stone.........................................................................................48
5.5 Metalwork..........................................................................................49
5.6 Faience and glass beads............................................................................50
5.7 Animal bone........................................................................................51
5.8 Shells.............................................................................................52
5.9 Human remains......................................................................................53
5.10 Greasy and black earth............................................................................54
5.11 Obadiah’s Barrow and Knackyboy Cairn assemblages..................................................54
5.12 Summary...........................................................................................55
6 The setting of the Scillonian entrance graves and cists..................................................56
6.1 Introduction.......................................................................................56
6.2 Survival of sites..................................................................................56
6.3 Sea level rise.....................................................................................58
6.4 Distribution of sites..............................................................................60
Entrance graves.....................................................................................60
Cists...............................................................................................63
Relationship between entrance graves and cists......................................................63
Distribution: a summary.............................................................................66
6.5 Inter-visibility of sites..........................................................................66
6.6 Orientation........................................................................................67
6.7 Relationship with natural features.................................................................71
6.8 Relationship with settlements......................................................................73
6.9 Conclusions........................................................................................73 7
7 The function of the Scillonian sites.....................................................................74
7.1 Introduction........................................................................................74
7.2 Historical interpretations of function..............................................................74
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7.3 Entrance graves as fana.........................................................................75
7.4 Entrance graves as territorial markers..........................................................77
7.5 Entrance graves as burial chambers..............................................................79
7.6 The number and density of entrance graves in Scilly.............................................81
7.7 Conclusions.....................................................................................82
8 Dating the entrance graves and cists..................................................................83
8.1 Introduction.....................................................................................83
8.2 Dating from bronze and faience..................................................................83
8.3 Dating from pottery.............................................................................84
8.4 Radiocarbon dates from Scillonian burial and settlement sites...................................87
8.5 Conclusions.....................................................................................89
9 Comparisons with chambered cairns and cists elsewhere in the British Isles and Brittany...............90
9.1 Introduction.....................................................................................90
Terminology.......................................................................................90
Areas considered..................................................................................90
9.2 Penwith.........................................................................................92
9.3 Tramore.........................................................................................96
9.4 Bargrennan.....................................................................................102
9.5 Channel Islands................................................................................106
9.6 Brittany.......................................................................................108
9.7 Cists..........................................................................................112
9.8 Island comparisons.............................................................................114
9.9 ‘Megalithic connections’ - the significance of similarities....................................115
9.10 Conclusions...................................................................................116
10 Conclusions.........................................................................................117
10.1 Key outcomes of the research...................................................................117
10.2 Isles of the Dead?............................................................................118
10.3 Entrance graves and the early settlement of Scilly............................................118
10.4 Future lines of enquiry.......................................................................119
10.5 A final note..................................................................................119
Appendix 1
Catalogue of Scillonian entrance graves and cists and their contents....................................120
1 Bryher...........................................................................................120
2 Eastern Isles....................................................................................123
3 Gugh.............................................................................................125
4 Northwethel......................................................................................127
5 Round Island.....................................................................................128
6 St Agnes.........................................................................................128
7 St Helen’s.......................................................................................130
8 St Martin’s......................................................................................130
9 St Mary’s........................................................................................135
10 Samson..........................................................................................146
11 Tean............................................................................................150
12 Tresco..........................................................................................150
13 White Island....................................................................................153
Appendix 2
Concordance of sites....................................................................................154
Appendix 3
Extracts from the notebooks of George Bonsor............................................................158
Bibliography............................................................................................167
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