Halangy Down, Isles of Scilly

Name: Halangy Down
Address: Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in Isles of Scilly

Prehistoric site

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Halangy Down is a prehistoric settlement located on the island of St Mary's, in the Isles of Scilly. The ancient site covers the lower slope of Halangy Down hill, overlooking the coastal inlet between the island of St. Mary's and Tresco Island. On the site are the remains of an Iron Age village, two entrance graves, prehistoric field systems, standing stones, post-medieval breastworks, and a Victorian kelp pit. The settlement was in continuous use for 500 years, from the late Iron Age until the end of the Roman occupation in Britain. ()

Coordinates: 49°55'53"N, 6°18'29"W

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Isles of Scilly United Kingdom

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Halangy Down – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Porth Hellick, Tresco Priory, Tresco Abbey Gardens, St Mary's Methodist Church.

1.5 miSE
49°54'58"N • 6°17'5"W
Porth Hellick
38 min walk • Beach
1.5 miNW
Monastery
Tresco Priory, Tresco
39 min walk • Tresco Priory is a former monastic settlement on Tresco, Isles of Scilly founded in 946 AD. It was re-founded as the Priory of St Nicholas by monks from Tavistock Abbey in 1114.
1.5 miNW
Botanical garden, Fishing charters and tours, Boat tours
Tresco Abbey Gardens, Tresco
39 min walk • Tresco Abbey Gardens are located on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. The 17 acre gardens were established by the nineteenth-century proprietor of the islands, Augustus Smith, originally as a private garden within the grounds of the home he designed and built.
1.1 miS
Church
St Mary's Methodist Church
30 min walk • St Mary's Methodist Church, Hugh Town is a Methodist church in Hugh Town, Isles of Scilly. It is currently Grade II listed.
0.9 miS
Forts and castles
Harry's Walls, Isles of Scilly
24 min walk • Harry's Walls are the remains of an unfinished artillery fort, started in 1551 by the government of Edward VI to defend the island of St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly.
~250 ftSE
Ruins, Prehistoric site
Bant's Carn, St Mary's
2 min walk • Bant's Carn is a Bronze Age entrance grave located on a steep slope on the island of St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly, England. The tomb is one of the best examples of a Scillonian entrance grave. Below Bant's Carn, lies the remains of the Iron Age village of Halangy Down.
0.7 miE
Archaeological site
Innisidgen, St Mary's
19 min walk • Innisidgen is the site of two Bronze Age entrance graves on the island of St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly. The two burial monuments, lie on a steep slope of Innisidgen Hill overlooking Crow Sound with a view towards the Eastern Isles.
1.2 miS
Area
Hugh Town, Isles of Scilly
31 min walk • Hugh Town is the largest settlement on the Isles of Scilly and its administrative centre. The town is situated on the island of St Mary's, the largest and most populous island in the archipelago, and is located on a narrow isthmus which joins the peninsula known as the Garrison with the rest of the island.
1.5 miSE
Prehistoric site
Porth Hellick Down, St Mary's
39 min walk • 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.
1.1 miS
Church
St Mary's Church, St Mary's
29 min walk • St Mary's Church, St Mary's is a parish church in the Church of England located in Hugh Town, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, UK. The Church was consecrated on 7 September 1838 and replaced the church at Old Town which was inconvenient for the Hugh Town population and in need of repair.
0.9 miE
Watermill
Watermill Cove
24 min walk • Watermill Cove is on the north–west coast of St Mary's, Isles of Scilly. It is a historic anchorage, still used today by passing yachts and other small vessels.

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Which popular attractions are close to Halangy Down?

Nearby attractions include Bant's Carn, St Mary's (2 min walk), Glandore Gallery on Scilly, St Mary's (19 min walk), Innisidgen, St Mary's (19 min walk), Harry's Walls, Isles of Scilly (24 min walk).