How to remove abandoned structures and camps?

[MarQan]

So far I've found some really nice town/camp locations but all had some premade ruined structures. The fairly unique scenery that we get east of the swamp, at the cliffside and what looks like a river delta, these structures are especially common.

The hammer's destroy mode doesn't remove them, weapons don't seem to do any damage, and I can't burn them down with a torch either. Any idea how to remove them? Is it an ability we get later in the game?

I wouldn't mind working them into my town either, but player interaction in/near them seems to be limited, and I can only imagine how much the villager AI would freak out.

I'm talking about the ones outside of the red zones of course, where we can build.

[UglyBird]

Cannot be removed, but can look good in your settlement.

[[NTOG] Rave]

I think they may despawn eventually. I had a campsite near my village that after a second season change vanished completely. Along with the wagons/random barrels leading to and from the main road nearby.

[UglyBird]

Camp sites spawn on new season and will de-spawn on the following year.
The actual structures which pepper the map do not and are permanent.
Loot inside those will re appear and raiders will spawn in some of them at regular intervals.
I have built my settlement around 2 run down buildings and they are now part of my settlement. I have put fences and others around them, the only issue is that you cannot build on their footprint, not even paths.
Something to try?

[Parkera]

Camps and misc barrels, carts etc, yes will despawn in a season or two sometimes. The abandoned buildings are a hard no.

[MarQan]

OOF! Thanks for clearing it up though!
The camps in the Valley at least were in locations where I didn't want to settle anyways, but the ruins and some camps in Oxbow are in prime locations.

Guess I'll look around a bit more then, I didn't explore the whole map yet.
If I find nothing better, I'll probably try to work with the ruins as they are.