What is recorded here
A named place photographed at this map point in Dorset.
Eggardon Hill in Dorset rises to approximately 140 meters and is part of a glaciated chalk landscape shaped by Pleistocene ice sheets. The area's geology reflects the underlying chalk formations common to the Dorset Downs, and its prominence offers strategic views across the surrounding countryside, historically significant for settlement and defense.
Places near here
Eggardon CopseWood · 398 yd
Eggardon Hill disc barrowScheduled monument · 453 yd
Eggardon Hill FortArchaeological place · 553 yd
Two Churchill Monuments Immediately East of West Compton Church ChancelListed building · 1.1 mi
Spyway CottageListed building · 1.1 mi
Horse Close CopseWood · 1.4 mi
Shipton HillMountain / peak · 2.6 mi
Way's HillMountain / peak · 2.9 mi
Mangerton MillHeritage attraction · 3.5 mi
Bredy FarmHeritage attraction · 3.5 mi
Waterfall at the Bridehead OutflowWaterfall · 4.3 mi
Cogden BeachBeach · 4.6 miOther information
Photo: Jim Champion · CC BY-SA 2.0