<< Our Photo Pages >> Blatchford Brook Foot Settlement - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Devon
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Multi-periodSite Name: Blatchford Brook Foot SettlementCountry: England County: Devon Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Ivybridge Nearest Village: Harford
Map Ref: SX63566380
Latitude: 50.458120N Longitude: 3.923497W
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 settlement consists mainly of a large circular enclosure incorporating several huts at the uphill side, and several other walled off areas and external structures at the lower side near to the river.
Update August 2019: This site features on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entry for the Blatchford Brook Foot Enclosed Settlement. This settlement is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 442190 and Devon & Dartmoor HER MDV27894 (Bronze Age settlement north of Blatchford Bottom).
This enclosure with its hut circles is also scheduled as Historic England List ID 1002608.
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