<< Our Photo Pages >> Brockhill Settlement - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Devon
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Multi-periodSite Name: Brockhill SettlementCountry: England County: Devon Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Map Ref: SX677657
Latitude: 50.476147N Longitude: 3.865879W
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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Catrinm visited on 2nd Jul 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Very well preserved hut circles (Bronze Age roundhouses) above the reservoir. Cairn circle and cist outside settlement which should have separate entry.
Brockhill Settlement, just to the North and South of the enclosed settlement of the map reference given here are two more large enclosed settlements. They all contain many huts. The Brockhill Ford cairn circle and cist is found just to the East.
This settlement is also featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks website - see their entry for the Brockhill Settlement. It is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 441408 and scheduled as part of Historic England List ID 1003828 (Hut circles and two enclosures on Dean Moor, near River Avon). The Devon & Dartmoor HER also includes more information; see MDV5233 (Enclosed hut circle settlement south-east of Brockhill Ford).
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