What is recorded here
Dunkery Beacon is a prominent hill in Somerset, England, with an elevation of approximately 527 meters, making it the highest point in the Mendip Hills. It is composed mainly of Carboniferous limestone and is historically significant as a prehistoric ceremonial site, with remains including a hill fort and Bronze Age barrows.
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Places near here
Cutcombe: Dunkery HillMountain or hill · 715 yd
Heath and woodland Exmoor DevonForest or wood · 886 yd
Dunkery BridgeHeritage place · 1174 yd
Woodland Exmoor DevonForest or wood · 1213 yd
Dunkery Bridge at Dunkery GateHeritage place · 1287 yd.jpg?width=1280)
Great RowbarrowMountain / peak · 1696 yd
Rex Stile Head - Boundary StoneMonument or public art · 1.0 mi
Ford and waterfall, CodsendWaterfall · 1.1 mi
Dunkery HillMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
Four round cairns on Dunkery Hill 400m south east of Joaney How CairnScheduled monument · 1.4 mi
Webber's PostVisitor information · 1.6 mi
Timber sculpture, Webber's PostPublic sculpture · 1.7 miOther information
Photo: Bill Boaden · CC BY-SA 2.0