Dunkery Beacon at the summit of Dunkery Hill is the highest point on Exmoor and in Somerset, England. It is also the highest point in southern England outside of Dartmoor.
The sandstone hill rises to 519 metres (1,703 ft) and provides views over the surrounding moorland, the Bristol Channel and hills up to 86 miles (138 km) away. The site has been visited by humans since the Bronze Age, and contains several burial mounds in the form of cairns and bowl barrows. Sweetworthy on the lower slopes is the site of two Iron Age hill forts or enclosures and a deserted medieval settlement. The hill is part of a Site of Special Scientific Interest and National nature reserve. It was in private ownership until the 20th century, when it was donated to the National Trust by Sir Thomas Acland, Colonel Wiggin and Allan Hughes; a stone cairn was erected at the summit to commemorate the event.
^Bathurst, David (2012). Walking the county high points of England. Chichester: Summersdale. pp. 174–181. ISBN 978-1-84-953239-6.
Dunkery Beacon at the summit of DunkeryHill is the highest point on Exmoor and in Somerset, England. It is also the highest point in southern England...
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includes Dunkery and Selworthy Beacons, and the villages and hamlets of Selworthy, Allerford, Bossington, Horner and Luccombe as well as the Dunkery and Horner...
Somerset, and abutting the Bristol Channel, reaches 519 m (1,703 ft) at Dunkery Beacon, and is famous as the setting of Lorna Doone. Dartmoor, in Devon...
Hill to Wheddon Cross. The route then crosses an area of moorland at DunkeryHill to the woodland village of Horner and moves towards the coast at Porlock...
was also a race up the hill. It is listed as one of the 100 greatest cycling climbs in the UK. Dunkery Beacon, a nearby hill that is the highest point...
Age hill forts or enclosures at Luccombe, 4 kilometres (2 mi) south of Porlock, Somerset, England. They are on the north-facing slope of DunkeryHill. One...
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with rivers and low-lying areas of the Somerset Levels. The highest is Dunkery and Horner Wood which covers 1,604 hectares (3,964 acres) of wet and dry...
Wills Neck is the highest summit on the Quantock Hills and one of the highest points in Somerset, England. Although only 1261 ft (384 m) high, it qualifies...
the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). She was sold in 1945 and renamed Dunkery Beacon. A further sale to Finland in 1955 saw her renamed Rissa. Following...
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Parks and Access to the Countryside Act. The highest point in Somerset is Dunkery Beacon on Exmoor, with a maximum elevation of 519 metres (1,703 feet)....
south; southward it joins Dunkery Road, which goes eastward also towards Mottingham; northward Marvels Lane joins Burnt Ash Hill which goes through the northern...
(PDF) from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2011. "Dunkery & Horner Woods NNR". Special Sites. Natural England. Archived from the...
mainland Britain. Exmoor also contains the highest point in the county, Dunkery Beacon at 520 metres (1,710 ft). Near the coast, halfway between the Quantocks...
recognised as a heritage coast in 1991. The highest point on Exmoor is Dunkery Beacon; at 519 metres (1,703 ft) it is also the highest point in Somerset...
sandstones, Devonian slates, shales and limestone. The park rises to 519m at Dunkery Beacon and boasts 55 km of coastline towards which flow a number of rivers...
in Somerset, the other two being Dunkery Beacon and Periton Hill. Its elevation is 1,013 feet (309 m). Behind the hill, there are precipitous cliffs. Selworthy...
plateau of Devonian sedimentary rock, rising to 517 metres (1,696 ft) at Dunkery Beacon. It extends into Devon but the majority of the area is in Somerset...
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