Halangy Down
Ruins · United Kingdom
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 49.931, -6.308
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: Iron Age ruins on the island of St.
History
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.