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<< Our Photo Pages >> Wistman's wood Settlement - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Devon

Submitted by Bladup on Wednesday, 27 January 2016  Page Views: 2831

Multi-periodSite Name: Wistman's wood Settlement
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.2 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Devon Type: Ancient Village or Settlement

Map Ref: SX61257750
Latitude: 50.580709N  Longitude: 3.961118W
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 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
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4 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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Wistman's wood Settlement
Wistman's wood Settlement submitted by Bladup : Part of the lovely, rare and ancient Wistman's wood. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Devon

Wistman's wood Settlement has scores of huts, Pillow mounds and enclosures. It's found to the East of the Wonderful very rare ancient woodland of Wistman's wood and stretches all the way from SX612779 at the North to SX613765 at the South.

Update December 2019: This settlement is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entry for the Wistman's wood Settlement. The site is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 442738, as MDV66036 (HUT CIRCLE in the Parish of Dartmoor Forest) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER, and scheduled as Historic England List Entry No. 1020876 (Prehistoric settlement, field system and rabbit warren south of Longaford Tor).
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Wistman's wood Settlement
Wistman's wood Settlement submitted by Bladup : Wistman's wood (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wistman's wood Settlement
Wistman's wood Settlement submitted by Bladup : The Ancient and very mossy Wistman's wood. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wistman's wood Settlement
Wistman's wood Settlement submitted by Bladup : Wistman's wood Hut Circle (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wistman's wood Settlement
Wistman's wood Settlement submitted by Bladup : The Buller's Stone, Wistman's Wood, The inscription on the stone reads: BY PERMISSION OF HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES. WENTWORTH BULLER ON SEPT 16th 1868 CUT DOWN A TREE NEAR THIS SPOT. IT MEASURED 9IN IN DIAMETER AND APPEARED TO BE ABOUT 163 YEARS OLD. As this is Ancient woodland I say St%£heads (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wistman's wood Settlement
Wistman's wood Settlement submitted by Bladup : Wistman's wood Settlement, A hut at SX61207763.

Wistman's wood Settlement
Wistman's wood Settlement submitted by Bladup : Wistman's wood Settlement, A hut built against an outcrop at SX61277750.

Wistman's wood Settlement
Wistman's wood Settlement submitted by Bladup : Wistman's wood Settlement, A hut at SX61307715.

Wistman's wood Settlement
Wistman's wood Settlement submitted by Bladup : Wistman's wood Settlement, A hut at SX61297735.

Wistman's wood Settlement
Wistman's wood Settlement submitted by Bladup : Wistman's wood Settlement, A hut at SX61267743.

Wistman's wood Settlement
Wistman's wood Settlement submitted by Bladup : Wistman's wood Settlement, A hut at SX61297747 You can see the tops of the trees at Wistman's Wood in the near background.

Wistman's wood Settlement
Wistman's wood Settlement submitted by Bladup : Wistman's wood Settlement, A hut at SX61277750.

Wistman's wood Settlement
Wistman's wood Settlement submitted by Bladup : Wistman's wood Settlement, A hut at SX61267753.

Wistman's wood Settlement
Wistman's wood Settlement submitted by Bladup : Wistman's wood Settlement, A hut at SX61257755.

Wistman's wood Settlement
Wistman's wood Settlement submitted by Bladup : Wistman's wood Settlement, A hut at SX61277763, Crow Tor is on the left.

Wistman's wood Settlement
Wistman's wood Settlement submitted by Bladup : Wistman's wood Settlement, A hut at SX61207763.

Wistman's wood Settlement
Wistman's wood Settlement submitted by Bladup : Wistman's wood Settlement, A hut at SX61257765.

Wistman's wood Settlement
Wistman's wood Settlement submitted by Bladup : Wistman's wood Settlement, A hut at SX612778.

Wistman's wood Settlement
Wistman's wood Settlement submitted by Bladup : Wistman's wood Settlement, A hut at SX612777.

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 137m S 189° The Druid’s Stone (Wistman’s Wood)* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (SX6122677365)
 1.1km NE 36° Higher White Tor stone row* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX6191778362)
 1.1km WNW 300° Beardown Cairn and Cist* Cist (SX60317808)
 1.4km NNW 327° Crow Tor* Cairn (SX6052478663)
 1.4km ENE 71° Stennan Hill 1* Cairn (SX6257377905)
 1.4km ENE 75° Stennan Hill 3* Cairn (SX62607783)
 1.5km S 173° Crockern Tor Cist (SX61407604)
 1.9km NE 49° Hollowcombe Cairns* Barrow Cemetery (SX627787)
 1.9km ENE 78° Arch Tor* Cairn (SX63167784)
 2.0km NE 48° Hollowcome Cairn and Cist* Cist (SX62757879)
 2.3km SSW 200° Beardown Farm Cist (SX60407540)
 2.7km SSE 149° Muddy Lakes Newtake Cairn (SX62587518)
 2.7km NW 321° Beardown Man* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SX59617963)
 2.7km ESE 113° Black Newtake Enclosure Ancient Village or Settlement (SX63707636)
 2.8km NE 51° Chittaford Down cairn circle and cist* Cist (SX6350179193)
 2.9km SW 216° Holming Beam Stone* Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry (SX5947975229)
 2.9km ENE 61° Archerton Tennis Court cist* Cist (SX63847886)
 2.9km E 92° Lakehead Hill South West Stone Row / Alignment (SX64187730)
 3.0km ESE 118° Bellever Tor 4* Ring Cairn (SX63867603)
 3.0km E 85° Lakehead Hill 2* Cist (SX6425077696)
 3.0km ESE 109° Bellever Tor Cairn one* Cist (SX6408976465)
 3.0km ESE 117° Bellever Tor 3* Cairn (SX63917606)
 3.1km WNW 298° Conies Down* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (SX5857378988)
 3.1km NW 306° Maiden Hill* Cairn (SX58837938)
 3.1km S 182° Roundhill Summit* Cairn (SX61057443)
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Re: Wistman's Wood Being 'Ruined' by Visitors by AngieLake on Monday, 25 January 2021
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Apparently there has been a problem with more visitors causing damage to this lovely old wood during lock downs. Driving up to Dartmoor is discouraged at the moment, and though I live close to Haytor, I've not ventured up there, though I'd love to. It's not an essential journey and I try to walk in our village.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9183885/Covid-UK-Lockdown-visitors-ruin-one-Britains-important-ancient-forests-holding-weddings.html
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Re: Wistman's wood Settlement by AngieLake on Wednesday, 27 January 2016
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I found this on Wikipedia:
The name of Wistman's Wood may derive from the dialect word 'wisht' meaning 'eerie/uncanny', or ‘pixie-led/haunted’. The legendary Wild Hunt in Devon is particularly associated with Wistman's Wood – the hellhounds of which are known as Yeth (Heath) or Wisht Hounds in the Devonshire dialect.

These two links are well-worth reading:
http://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/wistman.htm
and
http://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/dark_huntsman.htm
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