<< Our Photo Pages >> Bush Down Settlement - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Devon
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Multi-periodSite Name: Bush Down SettlementCountry: England County: Devon Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Exeter Nearest Village: Lettaford
Map Ref: SX6849282173 Landranger Map Number: 191
Latitude: 50.624388N Longitude: 3.860545W
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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RedKite1985 saw from a distance on 23rd Apr 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3
Update August 2019: This settlement features on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks website - see their entry for the Bush Down Settlement.
The settlement with its hut circles is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 443796 and scheduled as Historic England List ID 1003058. HE gives the grid references of the hut circles as: SX 68450 82282, SX 68484 82154 and SX 68490 82173.
The Devon and Dartmoor HER also includes an entry for these three hut circles, east of Bush Down: MDV6596.
Note: Bronze Age on Dartmoor, Activities and Walk, Chagford, Wed 11 Aug
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