<< Our Photo Pages >> Shovel Down Settlement - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Devon
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Multi-periodSite Name: Shovel Down Settlement Alternative Name: Butler (map 36.4)Country: England County: Devon Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Chagford Nearest Village: Teigncombe
Map Ref: SX658859
Latitude: 50.657272N Longitude: 3.899931W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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The remains of four or five huts can be seen, with their associated field systems and boundary walls. One or two of these huts still has its entrance jambs in place, set side on to the walling.
Some of the boundary walling is made from massive slabs set edge on, and looks pretty impressive.
Some of these hut circles have in the past been confused for the Shovel Down stone circle, of which the fairly unimpressive remains lie to the northeast.
Update December 2019: This site is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entry for the Shovel Down Settlement. The settlement is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 443601.
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175m ENE 57° Shovel Down* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX65958599)
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335m NNE 25° Shovel Down row 2* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX65958620)
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