Dunkery Hill
Dunkery Hill | |
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County Top | |
Coordinates | 51°09′43″N 3°35′14″W / 51.16197°N 3.58736°W |
Geography | |
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OS grid | SS891415 |
Topo map | OS Landranger 181 |
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
Location
Dunkery is composed of Middle
At 519 metres (1,703 ft)
Dunkery lies just four miles (6.4 km) from the
History
Dunkery Hill was part of the "Royal Forest of Exmoor", established by Henry II according to the late 13th-century Hundred Rolls. There has been some debate about the origin of the name "Dunkery" and its predecessors "Duncrey" and "Dunnecray".[10] Eilert Ekwall suggests that it comes from the Welsh din meaning hillfort and creic or creag meaning rock.[11][12]
There are several
Sweetworthy, on Dunkery Hill's north-facing slope, is the site of two Iron Age hillforts or enclosures;[23][24] one has a single rampart and external ditch, enclosing 0.25 hectares (0.62 acres).[25] The rampart is still visible, and the ditch on the east side is used as a trackway.[26][27] There was a defended settlement above the main site.[28] It is also the site of a deserted medieval settlement, which has been designated a scheduled monument.[29][30] It has been added to the Heritage at Risk Register because of the vulnerability to plant growth.[31]
In 1918 Sir
Ecology
The site is part of the
The hill is blanketed in
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-84-953239-6.
- ^ British Geological Survey 1975 Dulverton England and Wales sheet 294 Solid & Drift Geology. 1:50,000 scale geological map (Keyworth, Nottingham: British Geological Survey)
- ^ Prudden, Hugh. "Somerset Good Rock Guide" (PDF). University of Bath. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ a b "MSO9187 – Group of Bronze Age cairns at Dunkery Beacon". Exmoor Historic Environment Record. Exmoor National Park. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ "The uplands of South West England" (PDF). Dartmoor National Park Authority. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ "Exmoor National Park Facts and Figures". Exmoor National Park. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ "Mendip". The Big Tower. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ISBN 978-80-7499-082-3.
- ^ "Dunkery Beacon, Exmoor". Countryfile. BBC. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- ^ "Dunkery Beacon". Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser. 21 October 1939. Retrieved 24 January 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ISBN 978-0-19-869103-7.
- ISBN 978-1-84965-963-5.
- ^ Historic England. "Round cairn cemetery on Dunkery Hill (1020930)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Monument No. 1381643". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ISBN 978-1-85284-083-9.
- ^ Historic England. "Joaney How (36963)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ "MSO7397 – Joaney How Burial Cairn, Dunkery Hill". Exmoor Historic Environment Record. Exmoor National Park. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Four round cairns on Dunkery Hill 400 m south east of Joaney How Cairn (1020931)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Two round cairns on Dunkery Hill, 390 m and 420 m south east of Rex Stile Head (1020926)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Monument No. 35331". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Cairn 850 m north east of Dunkery Bridge (1020829)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ "Walk Name: Dunkery Beacon". Lone Walker. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Iron Age defended settlement above Sweetworthy (western of two) (1008472)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Iron Age defended settlement above Sweetworthy (eastern of two) (1008471)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ISBN 978-0-946159-94-9.
- ^ "Sweetworthy". Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record. English Heritage. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ^ "Sweetworthy Enclosure". Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record. English Heritage. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ^ "Defended Settlement Above Sweetworthy". Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record. English Heritage. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ^ Historic England. "Sweetworthy deserted medieval settlement (1008469)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ^ "Sweetworthy Deserted Medieval Settlement". Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record. English Heritage. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ^ "Sweetworthy deserted Medieval settlement, Luccombe, West Somerset — Exmoor (NP)". Heritage at Risk. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- ^ a b "Dunkery Beacon". Western Times. 4 October 1935. p. 7 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Dunkery Beacon Question of Preservation Raised in Parliament". Western Morning News. 24 April 1928. Retrieved 24 January 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Historic England. "Dunkery Beacon and adjacent mounds (1003026)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ^ "Acquisitions up to December 2011". National Trust. p. 16. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ^ "Walking on Exmoor". National Trust. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Dunkery Beacon". Everything Exmoor. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ "Dunkery Beacon". Western Morning News. 20 September 1935. Retrieved 24 January 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Dunkery & Horner Woods NNR". Special Sites. Natural England. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ "Habitat Regulations Assessment of West Somerset Council's Draft Local Plan to 2032". West Somerset Council. p. 12. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ^ Riley, Hazel; Wilson-North, Robert. "The Field Archaeology of Exmoor" (PDF). Archaeology Data Service. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
External links
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