Lyscombe Hill Explained

Lyscombe Hill
Elevation M:262
Prominence M:100
Parent Peak:Telegraph Hill
Listing:HuMP
Location:Dorset, England
Range:Dorset Downs
Coordinates:50.825°N -2.3733°W
Grid Ref Uk:ST738029
Topo: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, and at the end of the hill spur of the same name.[2] [3]

Nearby, on the summit ridge of the Dorset Downs, are Ball Hill to the west and the Dorsetshire Gap to the east.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/mountaindetails.php?qu=all&rf=5421 Lyscombe Hill
  2. http://www.information-britain.co.uk/county27/townguideNettlecombe/ A guide to Nettlecombe
  3. http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=10844 Nettlecombe Tout
  4. [Ordnance Survey]