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Bindon Hill
East end of Bindon Hill from Arish Mell gap
Highest point
Elevation168 m (551 ft)[1]
Prominence94 m (308 ft)[1]
Parent peakLewesdon Hill
Listingsub-HuMP
Geography
LocationDorset, England
Parent rangePurbeck Hills
OS gridSY839802
Topo mapOS Landranger 194
Bindon Hill is located in Dorset
Bindon Hill
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Map showing the location of Bindon Hill within Dorset.

Bindon Hill is an extensive Iron Age earthwork enclosing a coastal hill area on the Jurassic Coast near Lulworth Cove in Dorset, England, about 19 kilometres (12 mi) west of Swanage, about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south west of Wareham, and about 17 kilometres (11 mi) south east of Dorchester. It is within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

  1. ^ a b Database of British and Irish Hills at www.hill-bagging.co.uk. Accessed on 30 Mar 2013.

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