Butser Hill

Nearest town:
Petersfield (4km ENE)
OS reference:
SU716203
OS sheet:
197
Latitude:
50° 58' 37.45 N
Longitude:
0° 58' 48.03 W
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Image of Butser Hill (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by Cursuswalker

Butser Hill from the A3 by Queen Elizabeth Country Park.
One of the best/worst climbs on the South Downs Way, depending on your point of view.

Taken August 1999.

Image credit: Cursuswalker
Cursuswalker
Cursuswalker Feb 18, 2004

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Butser Hill

dickie
dickie Nov 1, 2005

There is a group of Round Barrows on the hill brow looking North towards Petersfield/Langrish. The barrows are marked on the Info boards close to a recommended walk around the crown of the hill. I can’t believe there was no IA activity atop Butser. There’s clearly no hillfort but it would have been a fine sister to Old Winchester Hill. There was Neolithic activity all around too with Flint Mine (scatters) on nearby Windmill Hill (no not that one) and plenty of axes found around Petersfield.

Butser Hill

Cursuswalker
Cursuswalker Feb 18, 2004

The hillside is covered by an ancient field system and finds at the top indicate an Iron Age settlement up there. I have to admit to not having seen many signs of ancient remains, but I wasn’t hanging around to look to be honest..

Excellent views though.

Nearby, in the Country Park, the type of settlement it is thought to have been has been recreated (See links).

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