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Multi-periodSite Name: Fernworthy settlement Alternative Name: Hemstone South Hut Circle SettlementCountry: England County: Devon Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Chagford
Map Ref: SX6481183777
Latitude: 50.637962N Longitude: 3.913139W
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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graemefield visited on 28th Feb 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 2
Several of these hut circles have now been cleared, but all of those I saw were in very bad condition, and not really worth the effort to go and see, especially when compared to others in the vicinity.
Update October 2019: This site is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entry for the Fernworthy Settlement.
The settlement is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 443951, which describes seven hut circles, a possible cist, a possible ring cairn and fragments of contemporary walling. The Devon and Dartmoor HER also has a record for this settlement; see MDV6731 (Hemstone South Hut Circle Settlement, Fernworthy).
The settlement is also scheduled as Histric England List ID 1017986 (Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement, two cairns and section of field system 330m north east of Hemstone Rocks).
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