<< Our Photo Pages >> Buttern Hill settlement - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Devon
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Multi-periodSite Name: Buttern Hill settlementCountry: England County: Devon Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Chagford
Map Ref: SX6531488003
Latitude: 50.676061N Longitude: 3.907569W
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 a very well preserved double walled hut circle, almost 10 metres in diameter with its floor level dug into the hillside to level it, can be found at SX 6555 8865.
Update August 2019: This enclosed settlement is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entry for the Buttern Hill Enclosed Settlement.
The Devon and Dartmoor HER also includes a record for this site - see MDV6140 (Enclosure in the Parish of Gidleigh) - along with the scheduling information on Historic England List ID 1021215 (Part of a coaxial field system, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Buttern Hill). There appears to be no Pastscape record for this settlement.
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