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<< Our Photo Pages >> Buttern Hill Possible Menhir - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Devon

Submitted by dooclay on Sunday, 19 June 2022  Page Views: 498

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Buttern Hill Possible Menhir Alternative Name: Gidleigh Menhir
Country: England County: Devon Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
 Nearest Village: Gidleigh
Map Ref: SX6518688544
Latitude: 50.680893N  Longitude: 3.909577W
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.
4 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
0no data
3

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Buttern Hill Possible Menhir
Buttern Hill Possible Menhir submitted by dooclay : Detail of the stone (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone (Menhir) in Devon

A stone approximately 4 feet out of the ground on an 'island' created by cattle erosion around the base, suggesting at least 2 feet more in unseen below the surface. Not sure of the provenance of this large slab? it could be a boundary stone or may be associated with nearby Cairns.

[Note: from the grid reference given by dooclay, the menhir lies within a scheduled area, described by Historic England List ID 1021215, "Part of a coaxial field system, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Buttern Hill".]
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Buttern Hill Possible Menhir
Buttern Hill Possible Menhir submitted by dooclay : General view giving idea of setting (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Buttern Hill Possible Menhir by TheCaptain on Saturday, 02 July 2022
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Looking at the shape of the stone, and that it is not in any of the known archaeological references, I would think this is a boundary stone of some kind
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