Porth Hellick Down

Porth Hellick Down is a Neolithic and Bronze Age archeological site located on the island of St Mary's, in the Isles of Scilly in Great Britain [1]. The ancient burial monument encompasses a large cairn cemetery that includes at least six entrance graves, other unchambered cairns, and a prehistoric field system [1]. The largest and best preserved entrance grave on the ancient site is a Bronze Age grave (2000-1500 BC) located on the northwestern slope of Porth Hellick Down [1]. The burial monument is situated close to the boundary of a prehistoric field system [1]. The site was excavated by the antiquarian, George Bonsor in 1899 [1]. He named the entrance grave, "The Great Tomb" [1]. Earlier unrecorded excavations at the site had left the burial chamber empty, except for a piece of pumice and a few remnants of late Bronze Age pottery fragments [1].