A large bronze age settlement has been found on Tresco. The find, which was found between Tresco Primary School and St Nicholas’s Church, was discovered by builders.
The site is thought to be part of an early Bronze Age village (1,000 BC). Two round houses and a grave were uncovered when earth-moving for the new cricket pitch was started. The remains have been charted and will be covered over tomorrow. This is unless substantial funds arise which will pay for an extensive excavation.
This is an exciting find for the islands but is not one of a kind. The Isles of Scilly have over one thousand archaeological sites covering a time span of ten thousand years. One of the most well known sites of interest is Bants Carn on St Mary’s. The site was excavated in 1900 and various examples of cremated human bone and pottery fragments were discovered some dating between 3000 and 2500 BC.