What is recorded here
A named place photographed at this map point in Test Valley.
Beacon Hill in Ashley Down is a low chalk hill, rising to approximately 122 metres, part of the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is historically significant as a possible site of ancient hill forts and is associated with local legends of hidden treasure.
Places near here
Roman SettlementArchaeological place · 777 yd
Ashley DownMountain / peak · 935 yd
The monument at Farley MountMonument or public art · 1162 yd
Farley MountMountain / peak · 1168 yd
Parnholt WoodWood · 1289 yd
Beaconhill PlantationWood · 1346 yd
Ashley churchChurch, cross or graveyard · 1484 yd
Ashley CastleArchaeological place · 1.0 mi
St Mary, Ashley, Hants - ChurchyardChurch, cross or graveyard · 1.0 mi
Merdon CastleScheduled monument · 2.5 mi
Footpath to Fern Hill CopseMountain or hill · 2.7 mi
Ham GreenVisitor information · 2.7 miOther information
Photo: Peter Jordan · CC BY-SA 2.0