A prehistoric hut circle settlement on northern Toll's Porth on the north west coast of St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly. The settlement contains at least two stone hut circles, 1.5 metres apart, surviving in and behind the cliff at the north of Toll's Porth. The cliff face extends along the western outer curve of the northern hut circle's wall, visible as a core of earth and rubble, to 0.8 metres high, faced externally by large edge-set slabs, to 0.9 metres long, 0.7 metres wide and 0.1 metre thick, now bulging outwards in the cliff exposure. The wall is exposed over 6.5 metres, its curve giving an external diameter of 7 metres for the overall hut circle; the set of its walling and interior survives buried beneath later soil and blown sand deposits behind the cliff face. To its south the second hut circle has walling exposed over a similar length, incorporating blocks to 1 metre long by 1 metre wide, though cliff face erosion here encroaches into the fabric of the wall. Scheduled.

Period

Prehistory (before 43AD)

Period comments

Prehistoric

The earliest date of the feature, as a year, if known

-500000

The latest date of the feature, as a year, if known

43

Monument Type - Broad

UNENCLOSED HUT CIRCLE SETTLEMENT

Monument Type - Narrow

Monument Description

Evidence Type - Broad

Evidence Type - Narrow

Evidence Description

Object Type - Broad

Object Type - Narrow

Object Description

Other records:

NRHE Number

1213165

NT HBSMR Number

Unknown

HER Event Number

Unknown

External Link

None

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