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<< Text Pages >> Smacam Down Settlement - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Dorset

Submitted by vicky on Sunday, 21 July 2002  Page Views: 5632

Multi-periodSite Name: Smacam Down Settlement
Country: England County: Dorset Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Dorchester  Nearest Village: Nether Cerne
Map Ref: SY657994  Landranger Map Number: 194
Latitude: 50.793143N  Longitude: 2.488009W
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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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SY6599 : Smacam Down at the equinox by Nigel Mykura
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SY6599 : Track and Tree at Barton Farm by Nigel Mykura
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 27m ESE 113° Smacam Down Long Barrow Long Barrow (SY6572599389)
 161m ENE 68° Smacam Down Bowl Barrow Round Barrow(s) (SY65859946)
 866m N 353° Dickley Hill Bowl Barrows Round Barrow(s) (ST65600026)
 871m N 356° Dickley Hill Settlement Ancient Village or Settlement (ST65650027)
 1.4km E 88° Green Hill Barrows Barrow Cemetery (SY67069943)
 1.4km S 176° Nether Cerne Field System Misc. Earthwork (SY658980)
 1.5km E 93° Green Hill Field System Misc. Earthwork (SY672993)
 1.8km NW 321° Up Cerne/Sydling St Nicholas Boundary Stone Marker Stone (ST64610078)
 1.8km ENE 65° Oxencombe Bottom Bowl Barrow Round Barrow(s) (ST67380018)
 1.9km NE 53° Black Hill Farm Enclosure Ancient Village or Settlement (ST672005)
 1.9km S 183° Crete Hill Bowl Barrow Round Barrow(s) (SY656975)
 2.0km S 188° Furzey Down Road Ancient Trackway (SY654974)
 2.2km NNE 25° St Augustine's Well (Cerne Abbas)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (ST6664001369)
 2.2km N 352° Weam Commen Hill Field System Misc. Earthwork (ST654016)
 2.5km NNE 22° Cerne Abbas Giant* Hill Figure or Geoglyph (ST66660168)
 2.5km NNE 24° The Trendle* Misc. Earthwork (ST66730167)
 2.6km NNE 22° Giant Hill Cross Ridge Dyke Misc. Earthwork (ST667018)
 2.7km SSW 193° Crete Hill Field System Misc. Earthwork (SY651968)
 2.7km NNE 23° Giant Hill Bowl Barrow Round Barrow(s) (ST66760187)
 2.8km NNW 340° Wancombe Hill Field System Misc. Earthwork (ST64790200)
 2.8km NE 45° Alton Lane Field System Misc. Earthwork (ST677014)
 3.0km NNW 348° Seldon Hill Settlement Ancient Village or Settlement (ST65100235)
 3.1km NNE 23° Giant Hill Settlement Ancient Village or Settlement (ST66950225)
 3.2km NNE 24° Bowl Barrow (Dorset) Round Barrow(s) (ST67030229)
 3.2km S 189° Coronation Plantation Bowl Barrow Round Barrow(s) (SY65159620)
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