<< Our Photo Pages >> White Hill, Devon - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Devon
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Multi-periodSite Name: White Hill, DevonCountry: England County: Devon Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Okehampton Nearest Village: Belstone
Map Ref: SX628906
Latitude: 50.698814N Longitude: 3.944093W
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 |
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graemefield visited on 8th Aug 2014 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 2
Remains of a Bronze age settlement including enclosures and many hut circles. About 1 km from the Whitmoor stone and circle.
Update December 2019: This settlement is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entry for the White Hill Enclosed Settlement. The settlement is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 444169, as MDV6887 (Group of hut settlements and enclosures on White Hill) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER, and scheduled as part of Historic England List Entry No. 1015760 (A prehistoric settlement complex, length of reave, tin streamwork and stamping mill on the western slopes of Cosdon Hill).
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1.2km SSE 153° White Moor Cairn* Cairn (SX6330289534)
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1.8km WNW 292° Winter Tor* Cist (SX6110291335)
2.0km NNE 16° Cosdon Hill cairn 9* Round Cairn (SX63419250)
2.1km NNE 16° Sticklepath stone circle* Stone Circle (SX63439264)
2.4km WNW 302° Belstone Common Cairns* Cairn (SX6077491956)
2.5km SE 142° Buttern W* Stone Circle (SX643886)
2.5km WSW 243° Oke Tor* Stone Row / Alignment (SX605895)
2.5km NE 40° Eight Rocks* Stone Circle (SX645925)
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2.8km NNW 330° Watchet Hill Cairn* Cairn (SX6147293042)
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3.0km NNW 343° Holy Well (Belstone)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SX6202393468)
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3.3km NE 36° South Zeal Stone Row* Stone Row / Alignment (SX648932)
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