Talk:List of hills of Dorset

Eggardon Hill[edit]

The article currently lists Eggardon Hill as having a height of 254m. This presumably comes from the stated source book, though I doubt its accuracy. My OS maps have always placed the trig point on Eggardon at 252m. Also I personally wouldn't place Eggardon within the South Dorset Downs; although the western distinction between the northern and southern downs is somewhat fuzzy, I can't recall any source locating Eggardon specifically within the southern arc - it's usually classed as part of the northern. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 01:47, 31 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Database of British and Irish Hills also has 252 m. However, I'll check with the guys at the rbh forum. Some of these experts actually survey hills using OS-recommended techniques and equipment, so they may have a more accurate and up-to-date measurement and the OS have been known to get it wrong. I'll change it here for now, but mention both sources in the actual article.

In terms of location, I agree it's tricky. A quick search of google books for "Eggardon Hill", however, found these sources:

Ancient trackways of Wessex: "...Eggardon Hill, a spur of the southern chalk ridge..."
The Archaeology of Wessex: Eggardon Hill is listed under the section "The South Dorset Chalk"
The South Dorset Ridgeway,Survey and Excavations, 1977-84, Volume 1: includes Eggardon Hill
Cambridge County Geographies: Dorset. "The north section of the Dorset Downs extends in a southward and westward direction from near Shaftesbury to the mouth of the Axe, thus forming a kind of link between Wiltshire and Devon. Their chief elevations are Melbury Hill, Okeford Hill, Bell Hill, Bulbarrow, High Stoy, Lewesdon Hill and Pilsdon Pen... The South Downs stretch from near Beaminster in the west to Purbeck Isle and Poole Bay; they are chiefly separated from the North Downs by the valley of the Frome and the Great Heath... their chief elevations are Blackdown (or Blagdon), Eggardon Hill and Nine Barrow Down." Clearly this definition includes the Purbeck Hills. --Bermicourt (talk) 07:25, 31 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Latest research puts Eggardon Hill (rightly or wrongly, but who am I to argue with Natural England?) within the National Character Area of the Marshwood and Powerstock Vales. I'll need to double check if the other hills listed within that region are within the NCA. --Bermicourt (talk) 13:40, 6 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. I raised the issue of the height with the experts at the Relative Hills of Britain forum and their initial response was something like "ooppps, looks like an error on our part". So I'm going with the Ordnance Survey figure. --Bermicourt (talk) 13:43, 6 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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