<< Our Photo Pages >> Butser Hill - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Hampshire
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Multi-periodSite Name: Butser HillCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 2.259 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Hampshire Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Petersfield
Map Ref: SU716203
Latitude: 50.977669N Longitude: 0.981497W
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Butser Hill is a vast irregularly shaped hill whose plateau-like top was in regular use throughout prehistory. Neolithic flints and axes have been uncovered at this site, Bronze age round barrows still survive at various spots on the hill and there is also evidence of Iron Age and Romano-British field systems on the summit with defensive earthworks across the approach spurs.
Just under 4km to the south is the Butser Ancient Farm: the 'open air laboratory for archaeology' with recreations of Iron Age dwellings and farming techniques. The project started off on a northern spur of Butser Hill called Little Butser, before moving to the more convenient site near Chalton.
Access Butser Hill is a National Nature Reserve and is incorporated within the Queen Elizabeth Country Park. It has a convenient (pay and display) car park with picnic area and roundhouse-themed conveniences at the southwestern corner of the plateau: follow the roadsigns from the A3 to "Butser Hill Picnic Area". The summit is the highest point in the South Downs (270m above sea level) and offers 360 degrees of amazing views over the surrounding countryside. The modern addition to this site is a communications and air traffic control mast and its associated buildings.
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