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Part of a coaxial field system, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Buttern Hill

England
List entry 1021215
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1021215
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
36.79 hectares
Grid reference
SX 65314 88003
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Part of a coaxial field system, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Buttern Hill is a Bronze Age monument located in Devon, England. The site comprises field boundaries arranged in a coaxial pattern alongside cairns and settlement evidence, characteristic of prehistoric land division and occupation in the southwest of England. Such field systems represent organised agricultural organisation during the Bronze Age period, demonstrating how communities structured and managed their landscape. The monuments on Buttern Hill are protected as a scheduled ancient monument in recognition of their archaeological significance for understanding prehistoric settlement patterns and agricultural practices.

Part of a coaxial field system, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Buttern Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021215. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Part of a coaxial field system, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Buttern Hill?

Part of a coaxial field system, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Buttern Hill is a Bronze Age monument located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021215.

Who is responsible for protecting Part of a coaxial field system, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Buttern Hill?

Part of a coaxial field system, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Buttern Hill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1021215.

What other scheduled monuments are near Part of a coaxial field system, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Buttern Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn 190m west of Archerton (9.8 km), Clapper Bridge, Postbridge (9.9 km), Camp 325yds (300m) SE of Archerton (10 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
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Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Cairn 190m west of Archerton
9.8 km
Clapper Bridge, Postbridge
9.9 km
Camp 325yds (300m) SE of Archerton
10 km
Kistvaen 325yds (300m) S of Archerton
10 km
Two hut circles N of Lower Blackaton
10.8 km
Hameldown Beacon barrow
11.3 km
Stone hut circle 640m south-west of Beardown Man forming part of a dispersed settlement on the eastern slope of Conies Down Tor
11.3 km
Round cairn 590m south-west of Beardown Man lying on the eastern slope of Conies Down Tor
11.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Part of a coaxial field system, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Buttern Hill

Part of a coaxial field system, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Buttern Hill stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

The wider landscape

Around Part of a coaxial field system, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Buttern Hill

ExeterRoman town · ~16.6 miles
Domesday entry for Throwleigh, Devon →
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