Lyscombe Hill

Lyscombe Hill

View from Lyscombe Hill (at ~240m) looking south-east over Lyscombe Bottom.
Highest point
Elevation 262 m (860 ft)
Prominence 100 m (330 ft)
Parent peak Telegraph Hill
Listing HuMP
Coordinates 50°49′30″N 2°22′24″W / 50.825041°N 2.373342°W / 50.825041; -2.373342Coordinates: 50°49′30″N 2°22′24″W / 50.825041°N 2.373342°W / 50.825041; -2.373342
Geography
Location Dorset, England
Parent range Dorset Downs
OS grid ST738029
Topo map

OS Landranger No. 194

Explorer No. 117E

Lyscombe Hill (262 metres, 860 feet high) is a hill near Melcombe Bingham about 14 kilometres north-northeast of Dorchester in the county of Dorset, England. It is part of the Dorset Downs and is listed as a so-called HuMP.[1]

There is evidence of ancient settlement in the area, including tumuli, dykes and an Iron Age hillfort, known as Nettlecombe Tout (258 m), near the summit at SJ737737,[2] and at the end of the hill spur of the same name.[3][4]

Nearby on the summit ridge of the Dorset Downs are Ball Hill to the west and the Dorsetshire Gap to the east.[5]

References

  1. Lyscombe Hill at www.hill-bagging.co.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  2. Historic England. "Camp on Nettlecombe Tout (1002818)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  3. A guide to Nettlecombe at www.information-britain.co.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  4. Nettlecombe Tout at The Megalithic Portal. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  5. Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger series, No. 194.


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