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<< Our Photo Pages >> Sweetworthy settlement - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Somerset

Submitted by Bladup on Monday, 21 September 2015  Page Views: 2029

Multi-periodSite Name: Sweetworthy settlement
Country: England County: Somerset Type: Ancient Village or Settlement

Map Ref: SS890425
Latitude: 51.170934N  Longitude: 3.5891W
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.
 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
0no data
 5

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Sweetworthy settlement
Sweetworthy settlement submitted by Bladup : Sweetworthy settlement, The South West bank at the biggest settlement, SS891425. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Somerset

Sweetworthy settlement, A univallate earthwork formed by a bank with outer ditch enclosing a sub-circular area about 62 metres by 50 metres at SS891425, Two other settlements [rounds] are found to the Southwest [SS890424 and SS889423] and partial settlements at SS888425 and SS887424.
A little to the West at SS883426 is Bagley settlement, A iron age settlement with the remains of medieval buildings next to the far older round [settlement].
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Sweetworthy settlement
Sweetworthy settlement submitted by Bladup : Bagley settlement, The remaining bank of the original round [settlement] - SS883426. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sweetworthy settlement
Sweetworthy settlement submitted by Bladup : Bagley settlement [SS883426], Medieval buildings made with and on top of the older iron age ones. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sweetworthy settlement
Sweetworthy settlement submitted by Bladup : Sweetworthy settlement, Bank of the settlement at SS887424. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sweetworthy settlement
Sweetworthy settlement submitted by Bladup : Sweetworthy settlement, Little settlement/big hut at SS888425. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sweetworthy settlement
Sweetworthy settlement submitted by Bladup : Sweetworthy settlement, Looking east over the settlement, SS891425. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sweetworthy settlement
Sweetworthy settlement submitted by Bladup : Sweetworthy settlement, The South West bank at the biggest settlement, SS891425.

Sweetworthy settlement
Sweetworthy settlement submitted by Bladup : Sweetworthy settlement, The Western bank at this great settlement, SS891425.

Sweetworthy settlement
Sweetworthy settlement submitted by Bladup : Sweetworthy settlement, The Eastern bank at the best settlement, SS891425.

Sweetworthy settlement
Sweetworthy settlement submitted by Bladup : Sweetworthy settlement, The Northern bank at the best preserved settlement looking West, SS891425.

Sweetworthy settlement
Sweetworthy settlement submitted by Bladup : Sweetworthy settlement, The Northern part of the most impressive settlement, SS891425.

Sweetworthy settlement
Sweetworthy settlement submitted by Bladup : Sweetworthy settlement, Something built into the South West bank at the nicest settlement, SS891425.

Sweetworthy settlement
Sweetworthy settlement submitted by Bladup : Sweetworthy settlement, Looking North over the biggest settlement at SS891425.

Sweetworthy settlement
Sweetworthy settlement submitted by Bladup : Sweetworthy settlement, The Northern part of the round [settlement] at SS890424, Looking East.

Sweetworthy settlement
Sweetworthy settlement submitted by Bladup : Sweetworthy settlement, The Southern bank of the round [settlement] at SS890424.

Sweetworthy settlement
Sweetworthy settlement submitted by Bladup : Sweetworthy settlement, Looking over the sloping round [settlement] at SS890424.

Sweetworthy settlement
Sweetworthy settlement submitted by Bladup : Sweetworthy settlement, The Southern bank of the round [settlement] at SS889423.

Sweetworthy settlement
Sweetworthy settlement submitted by Bladup : Sweetworthy settlement, Looking over the round [settlement] at SS889423.

Sweetworthy settlement
Sweetworthy settlement submitted by Bladup : Sweetworthy settlement, The sloping round [settlement] at SS889423, The bank is at the right of this photo.

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