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<< Our Photo Pages >> Butterdon Hill Barrow - Round Barrow(s) in England in Devon

Submitted by TheCaptain on Sunday, 03 October 2004  Page Views: 6794

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Butterdon Hill Barrow Alternative Name: Butterdon Ridge North; Grinsell Ugborough 15
Country: England County: Devon Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Ivybridge  Nearest Village: Cheston
Map Ref: SX6566059403  Landranger Map Number: 202
Latitude: 50.419084N  Longitude: 3.892353W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Butterdon Hill Barrow
Butterdon Hill Barrow submitted by thecaptain : Butterdon Hill Barrow, Dartmoor, Devon SX657594 Large cairn just beside the Butterdon Hill stone row, at the point where the row changes direction as it drops over the edge of the ridge, and at what is the crest of the hill when seen from the north. It is possible that it was once surrounded by a ring of stones, but this cairn has been much altered over the years. Viewed here looking toward... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Round Barrow on Butterdon Hill, Dartmoor, Devon, associated with nearby stone row.

Large cairn just beside the Butterdon Hill stone row, at the point where the row changes direction as it drops over the edge of the ridge, and at what is the crest of the hill when seen from the north. It is possible that it was once surrounded by a ring of stones, but this cairn has been much altered over the years.

Update October 2019: This cairn is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entry for the Hangershell Rock (East of) Cairn, which tells us: "(this is a) large cairn with hollow centre. Diameter 17m, height 1.2m".

The cairn is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 441155 and as MDV3124 (Cairn to the east of Hangershell Rock, Ugborough) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER. This site is also scheduled as Historic England List Entry No. 1013090 (Cairn to the east of Hangershell Rock).
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Butterdon Hill Barrow
Butterdon Hill Barrow submitted by Bladup : The majestic Hangershell Rock outcrop just to the West of Butterdon Hill Barrow (Vote or comment on this photo)

Butterdon Hill Barrow
Butterdon Hill Barrow submitted by Bladup : Hangershell Rock outcrop, found just to the West of Butterdon Hill Barrow (Vote or comment on this photo)

Butterdon Hill Barrow
Butterdon Hill Barrow submitted by Bladup : The rather aesthetic Hangershell Rock outcrop, found just to the West of Butterdon Hill Barrow (Vote or comment on this photo)

Butterdon Hill Barrow
Butterdon Hill Barrow submitted by Bladup : Butterdon Hill Barrow with Butterdon Hill Cairns in the background on the right (Vote or comment on this photo)

Butterdon Hill Barrow
Butterdon Hill Barrow submitted by Bladup : Butterdon Hill Barrow with Large recumbent stone in the foreground, It looks to me like a terminal stone of a stone row, As this massive row was very clearly built in stages and not all at once. Therefore this barrow which is now in the middle of a row would once have been to the side of the end of the row before it was added to, and by doing so putting it in the middle and not at the end anymore,... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Butterdon Hill Barrow
Butterdon Hill Barrow submitted by Bladup : Hangershell Rock just to the West of the Butterdon Hill Barrow

Butterdon Hill Barrow
Butterdon Hill Barrow submitted by Bladup : The scooped out top of Butterdon Hill Barrow with Butterdon hill cairns in the background

Butterdon Hill Barrow
Butterdon Hill Barrow submitted by Bladup : Butterdon Hill Barrow with a pit next to it

Butterdon Hill Barrow
Butterdon Hill Barrow submitted by Bladup : The great Hangershell Rock outcrop just to the West of Butterdon Hill Barrow.

Butterdon Hill Barrow
Butterdon Hill Barrow submitted by Bladup : Butterdon Hill Barrow.

Butterdon Hill Barrow
Butterdon Hill Barrow submitted by Bladup : Hangershell Rock outcrop just to the West of Butterdon Hill Barrow.

Butterdon Hill Barrow
Butterdon Hill Barrow submitted by thecaptain : Butterdon Hill Barrow, Dartmoor, Devon SX657594 Large cairn just beside the Butterdon Hill stone row, at the point where the row changes direction as it drops over the edge of the ridge, and at what is the crest of the hill when seen from the north. It is possible that it was once surrounded by a ring of stones, but this cairn has been much altered over the years. Viewed here looking toward...

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 136m ESE 116° Butterdon Hill Cist* Cist (SX6578159341)
 314m SE 129° Butterdon East* Stone Row / Alignment (SX65905920)
 421m NNE 18° Spurrells Cross Cairn Circle* Stone Circle (SX658598)
 501m NNE 22° Spurrell's Cross Row Terminal Cairn Cairn (SX6585859864)
 524m NNE 18° Spurrells Cross Row* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX6583759896)
 590m S 182° Butterdon Stone Circle* Stone Circle (SX6562958814)
 619m NNE 22° Spurrell's Cross* Ancient Cross (SX65915997)
 640m S 184° Butterdon Hill Cairns* Cairn (SX6560158766)
 647m SSW 202° Weatherdon Hill Cairns* Barrow Cemetery (SX65405881)
 676m NW 316° Butterbrook* Stone Row / Alignment (SX652599)
 685m NW 304° Harford S.* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX651598)
 715m SW 223° Weatherdon Hill (Devon) Ring Cairn (SX65165889)
 747m NW 310° Harford Moor N* Stone Row / Alignment (SX651599)
 831m N 350° Butterdon Hill Row* Stone Row / Alignment (SX6553960225)
 884m SSE 155° Butterdon Hill Long Cairn* Long Barrow (SX6601258591)
 948m W 260° Butter Brook* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX64725926)
 1.0km N 3° Glasscombe Ball North (South Cairn)* Cairn (SX65736041)
 1.0km N 3° Glasscombe Ball North* Stone Row / Alignment (SX6573360429)
 1.1km N 5° Glasscombe Ball North (North Cairn)* Cairn (SX6578360473)
 1.1km N 351° Hobajons Cross* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX65516047)
 1.1km ESE 104° Ugborough Beacon Propped Stone* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SX6674859106)
 1.2km ENE 59° Scad Brook* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX6667759981)
 1.2km WNW 282° Harford Moor Encircled Cairn* Stone Circle (SX6449459677)
 1.2km W 264° Harford settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX6444559313)
 1.3km SSE 165° Cuckoo Ball Chambered Tomb* Chambered Tomb (SX6596058188)
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Re: Butterdon Hill Barro by TheCaptain on Monday, 02 August 2004
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Butterdon Hill Barrow, Butterdon Hill, Dartmoor, Devon SX657594

Large cairn just beside the Butterdon Hill stone row, at the point where the row changes direction as it drops over the edge of the ridge, and at what is the crest of the hill when seen from the north. It is possible that it was once surrounded by a ring of stones, but this cairn has been much altered over the years,

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