Robin Hood's Butt (Furze Hill)

Locality
Coordinate	50.894946, -1.757353
Adm. div.	Hampshire
Vicinity	Ibsley Common, New Forest; near Furze Hill; c. 1 km SE of North Gorley; c. 1 km NE of South Gorley
Type	Natural feature
Interest	Robin Hood name
Status	Extant
First Record	1872

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Robin Hood's Butt (Furze Hill).

Robin Hood's Butt or Clump / Mike Faherty, 1 Apr. 2012; Creative Commons, via Geograph.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-05-05. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-05-05.

Text to follow.

Allusions

1910 - Sumner, Heywood - Book of Gorley

The three clumps of Scots fir & Weymouth pine – Whitefield[,] Robin Hood's, & Dorridge – were planted by the 2^nd Lord Normanton to give landmarks & variety to his view of the long line of the New Forest Hills from Somerley – so the story is told – Whitefield & Dorridge were planted about 1835 – Robin Hood's about 1850 – Dorridge is the highest ground on the common – 257 feet above the sea level – while the lowest part is at the caltle [sic, for 'cattle'] stop, where the Huckles brook leaves the common – 100 feet above the sea level.

Gazetteers

• Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-311.

Sources

• Heritage Gateway: National Trust HBSMR 123290: Robin Hood's Clump, Ibsley Common, Ibsley and Rockford Commons
• National Trust: Heritage Records: Robin Hood's Clump, Ibsley Common, Ibsley and Rockford Commons.

Maps

• 25" map Hampshire and Isle of Wight LXII.12 (c. 1875; surveyed 1870). No copy in NLS
• 25" O.S. map Hampshire and Isle of Wight LXII.12 (1897; rev. 1895) (georeferenced)
• 25" O.S. map Hampshire and Isle of Wight LXII.12 (1897; rev. 1895)
• 25" O.S. map Hampshire and Isle of Wight LXII.12 (1909; rev. 1907)
• 25" O.S. map Hampshire and Isle of Wight LXII.12 (1946; rev. 1940)
• 6" O.S. map Hampshire & Isle of Wight LXII (1872; surveyed 1870–71)
• 6" O.S. map Hampshire & Isle of Wight LXII.SE (1898; rev. 1895) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Hampshire & Isle of Wight LXII.SE (1898; rev. 1895)
• 6" O.S. map Hampshire & Isle of Wight LXII.SE (1910; rev. 1907).

Also see

• Places named Robin Hood's Butts.

Notes

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  Robin Hood's Butt or Clump / Mike Faherty, 1 Apr. 2012; Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Approaching Robin Hood's Clump, Ibsley Common, New Forest / Jim Champion, 10 June 2006; Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  The view from Robin Hood's Butt, New Forest / Jim Champion, 10 June 2006; Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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