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<< Text Pages >> Ponter's Ball Dyke - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Somerset

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Multi-periodSite Name: Ponter's Ball Dyke
Country: England County: Somerset Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Glastonbury
Map Ref: ST533377  Landranger Map Number: 182
Latitude: 51.136656N  Longitude: 2.668856W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
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
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
3

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ST5337 : Ponter's Ball by Jon Coupland
by Jon Coupland
©2007(licence)
ST5337 : Cottage, Edgarley Road, Havyatt by Roger Cornfoot
by Roger Cornfoot
©2010(licence)
ST5337 : Havyatt Farm by David Smith
by David Smith
©2017(licence)
ST5337 : Havyatt Farm by Roger Cornfoot
by Roger Cornfoot
©2018(licence)
ST5237 : Field south east from Edgarley Field Lane by Michael Cobb
by Michael Cobb
©2009(licence)

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Re: Ponter's Ball Dyke by davidmorgan on Monday, 26 September 2016
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Re: Ponter's Ball Dyke by Anonymous on Saturday, 24 September 2016
Interesting to see from the north side of A361. Unfortunately footpaths on southern side are blocked a woodlands farm by electric fences. o
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Re: Ponter's Ball Dyke by coldrum on Tuesday, 06 October 2009
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