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Submitted by JimChampion on Sunday, 01 May 2005  Page Views: 20379

Multi-periodSite Name: Butser Hill
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.259 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Hampshire Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Petersfield
Map Ref: SU716203
Latitude: 50.977669N  Longitude: 0.981497W
Condition:
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
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Butser Hill
Butser Hill submitted by JimChampion : May 2005. Looking north at Butser Hill. The width of its plateau summit can be appreciated from this composite picture. The hill spurs on this side are broad, in contrast to the much steeper-sided northern spurs. The road in the corner of the photo is the A3, which cuts through the South Downs at Butser Hill. The Queen Elizabeth Country Park visitor centre is nearby: park there and walk the pa... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Plateau enclosure in Hampshire

Butser Hill is a vast irregularly shaped hill whose plateau-like top was in regular use throughout prehistory. Neolithic flints and axes have been uncovered at this site, Bronze age round barrows still survive at various spots on the hill and there is also evidence of Iron Age and Romano-British field systems on the summit with defensive earthworks across the approach spurs.

Just under 4km to the south is the Butser Ancient Farm: the 'open air laboratory for archaeology' with recreations of Iron Age dwellings and farming techniques. The project started off on a northern spur of Butser Hill called Little Butser, before moving to the more convenient site near Chalton.

Access Butser Hill is a National Nature Reserve and is incorporated within the Queen Elizabeth Country Park. It has a convenient (pay and display) car park with picnic area and roundhouse-themed conveniences at the southwestern corner of the plateau: follow the roadsigns from the A3 to "Butser Hill Picnic Area". The summit is the highest point in the South Downs (270m above sea level) and offers 360 degrees of amazing views over the surrounding countryside. The modern addition to this site is a communications and air traffic control mast and its associated buildings.
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Butser Hill
Butser Hill submitted by JimChampion : May 2005. Looking east from Beacon Hill with Butser Hill and its radio mast on the Horizon. The Meon valley lies below, and on the other side of the valley (in front of Butser Hill) is the chalk ridge which leads to Old Winchester Hill fort and barrow cemetery (off the right of this picture). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Butser Hill
Butser Hill submitted by Hunanuk : Three barrows on the north slope of Butser Hill(grid ref SU713208), all of the three barrows have hollows on centre. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Butser Hill
Butser Hill submitted by JimChampion : May 2005. Three bowl barrows lie in an east-west alignment on the north-facing slope of Ramsdean Down, a northerly spur of Butser Hill. This is a view of the central barrow (grid ref SU713208) and gives an idea of its very steep location with magnificent views. Each of the three barrows are about 20m in diameter and have hollows at their centres as a result of antiquarian excavation. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Butser Hill
Butser Hill submitted by JimChampion : May 2005. In the foreground is the bell barrow on the top of Butser Hill (grid ref SU71492023), an irregular mound about 30m in diameter and bisected by a footpath. It is just to the NW of the radio mast buildings on the summit of the hill. Apparently there were two more round barrows in the vicinity, but they have been levelled. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Butser Hill
Butser Hill submitted by JimChampion : April 2005. On the left, the bank of one of the defensive earthworks on Butser Hill. In the foreground, sheep: the hill was home to a prehistoric farm and is still grazed by livestock. Dominating the picture: a modern tribute to the Iron Age roundhouse (covered with scaffolding) which houses the toilets between the car park and picnic area. Not quite as authentic as the buildings at the nearby But...

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 583m NNE 32° Little Butser* Ancient Village or Settlement (SU719208)
 3.9km S 176° Butser Ancient Farm* Museum (SU719164)
 4.5km ENE 61° Petersfield Heath Barrows* Barrow Cemetery (SU755225)
 6.2km NE 47° St. Mary's Well (Sheet)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SU761246)
 6.3km E 91° Torberry Hillfort* Hillfort (SU779203)
 7.4km ENE 72° West Heath Barrow Cemetery* Barrow Cemetery (SU78602262)
 7.5km W 273° Old Winchester Hill hillfort* Hillfort (SU64092053)
 7.5km W 273° Old Winchester Hill barrow cemetery* Barrow Cemetery (SU64062055)
 7.8km W 266° Stocks farm long barrow* Long Barrow (SU6380719581)
 8.6km SE 125° Bevis Thumb* Long Barrow (SU7875415513)
 8.9km ESE 117° Handle Down North* Round Barrow(s) (SU7963616421)
 9.1km ESE 118° Handle Down Central* Round Barrow(s) (SU79691619)
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 9.2km ESE 120° Handle Down South Round Barrow(s) (SU7967815765)
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 11.2km WNW 282° Beacon Hill (Warnford)* Barrow Cemetery (SU606224)
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 11.3km ESE 106° Devil's Jumps* Barrow Cemetery (SU825173)
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 12.8km E 84° Fitzhall Heath 3* Round Barrow(s) (SU84332180)
 12.9km E 84° Fitzhall Heath 4* Barrow Cemetery (SU8441621923)
 13.2km WSW 245° Holy Well (Swanmore)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SU597146)
 13.2km SE 137° Adsdean Down Tumuli* Barrow Cemetery (SU80751075)
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Re: Butser Hill by JimChampion on Friday, 12 August 2005
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Yes, on mine it gets cut off after the word "But". The images and words on this page are just thumbnails with an extract of the text - for the full wording and picture click on the thumbnail.
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Re: Butser Hill by Anonymous on Friday, 12 August 2005
Good to see such a site.
On my computer at least the words below the foreground sheep get cut off halfway through the word Butser.
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