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Chaldon Hill

Hill in southern England

Field	Value
name	Chaldon Hill
photo	Old Navigation Beacon Chaldon Down - geograph.org.uk - 1529123.jpg
photo_caption	The old navigation beacon on Chaldon Down, looking east towards Lulworth Cove
elevation_m	178
elevation_ref
prominence_m	90
prominence_ref
parent_peak	Lewesdon Hill
location	Dorset, England
range	South Dorset Downs
coordinates
grid_ref_UK	SY783813
topo	OS Landranger 194

Chaldon Hill, also called Chaldon Down, is one of the highest hills, 178 m, on South Dorset's Jurassic Coast in England. The summit is about 1.5 mi west of Durdle Door.

A bridleway crosses the hill just below the summit, whilst the South West Coast Path makes its way down the steep hillside to the beach heading for Durdle Door. At the summit is a tumulus and trig point. There are navigation beacons about 200 m to the southeast. The hill is flanked by two coastal headlands: White Nothe and Bat's Head.

History

There is abundant evidence of prehistoric settlement in the area: tumuli to the south-west and east, a field system and earthwork to the north-east and two named barrows to the east: Wardstone and Bush Barrows. There is evidence of another field system on the steep coastal hillside.

References

[http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/prominence.html ''Summit Listings by Relative Height''] by Jonathan de Ferranti. Accessed on 27 Mar 2013.
[[Ordnance Survey]] 1:50,000 Landranger series, no. 194

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