What is recorded here
A named place photographed at this map point in Somerset.
Dunkery Hill, near Cutcombe in Somerset, rises to approximately 527 metres and is the highest point in the Mendip Hills, composed mainly of Carboniferous limestone. It is historically significant as a Neolithic and Bronze Age ceremonial site, with a long barrow and hill fort nearby, and is associated with local legends of hidden treasure and ancient spirits.
Places near here
Dunkery BeaconMountain / peak · 715 yd.jpg?width=1280)
Great RowbarrowMountain / peak · 987 yd
Heath and woodland Exmoor DevonForest or wood · 1180 yd
Woodland Exmoor DevonForest or wood · 1464 yd
Dunkery BridgeHeritage place · 1524 yd
Ford and waterfall, CodsendWaterfall · 1563 yd
Dunkery Bridge at Dunkery GateHeritage place · 1621 yd
Rex Stile Head - Boundary StoneMonument or public art · 1.4 mi
Orange Flavoured Lamb on Stone DownStanding or carved stone · 1.7 mi
Webber's PostVisitor information · 1.8 mi
Timber sculpture, Webber's PostPublic sculpture · 1.9 mi
Sheep grazing on Tarr Ball HillMountain or hill · 2.0 miOther information
Photo: Martin Bodman · CC BY-SA 2.0