Butser Ancient Farm, South Downs National Park

Name: Butser Ancient Farm
Address: Chalton Lane, South Downs National Park, PO8 0BG, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 23 9259 8838

#1 among attractions in South Downs National Park

Top attraction, Museum, Historical place

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Butser Ancient Farm, South Downs National Park

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Butser Ancient Farm is an archaeological open-air museum located near Petersfield in Hampshire, southern England. Butser features experimental reconstructions of prehistoric, Romano-British and Anglo-Saxon buildings. Examples of Neolithic dwellings, Iron Age roundhouses, a Romano-British villa and an early Saxon house are on display. The site is used as both a tourist attraction and a site for the undertaking of experimental archaeology. In this latter capacity, it was designed so that archaeologists could learn more about the agricultural and domestic economy in Britain during the millennium that lasted from circa 400 BCE to 400 CE, in what was the Late British Iron Age and Romano-British periods. ()

Alternative names: Established: 1970 (55 years ago)Coordinates: 50°56'35"N, 0°58'37"W

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Chalton LaneSouth Downs National Park PO8 0BG United Kingdom

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Nearby attractions include: Uppark, Buriton Chalk Pit, Butser Hill, South Downs.

3.8 miE
Museum, Vernacular architecture, History museum
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Park
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2.4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Butser Hill, South Downs National Park
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2.4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
South Downs, South Downs National Park
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~1720 ftSW
Windmill
Chalton Windmill, South Downs National Park
9 min walk • Chalton Windmill is a Grade II listed tower mill on the top of Windmill Hill at Chalton, Hampshire, England, which has been converted to residential use.
1.6 miN
Park
Oxenbourne Down, Petersfield
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~1600 ftSW
Archaeological site
Windmill Hill, South Downs National Park
8 min walk • Windmill Hill is a chalk hill running alongside the A3 in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England, overlooking Chalton to the east, and Clanfield to the west.
2.2 miSW
Park
Catherington Down, South Downs National Park
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1.8 miN
Park
Queen Elizabeth Country Park, South Downs National Park
46 min walk • Queen Elizabeth Country Park is a large country park situated on the South Downs in southern England. It is located on the A3 road three miles south of Petersfield, Hampshire and lies within the South Downs National Park.
2.6 miW
Nightlife
Bat & Ball Inn, Waterlooville
67 min walk • The Bat & Ball Inn near Clanfield, Hampshire, England, is an historic eighteenth-century pub situated opposite the Broadhalfpenny Down cricket ground, the original home of the Hambledon Club. It is traditionally, though erroneously, called "the cradle of cricket".
1.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Head Down, South Downs National Park
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