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Name: | Lambert's Castle Hill |
Hill number: | 5422 |
Height: | 258m / 846ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2896 Lewesdon Hill |
RHB Section: | 41: South Central England |
County/UA: | Dorset |
Catchment: | Axe (Seaton), Catchment Boundaries |
Class: | Hump, Tump (200-299m), Clem (Hu,Tu,2,Cm) |
Grid ref: | SY 37168 99004 |
Summit feature: | no feature 210m NE of trig point |
Drop: | 121m |
Col: | 137m ST389001 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 193 (1:25k) 116 |
Observations: | trig point is at SY 37050 98807; ground 120m SSW at SY 37123 98906 on earthen ramparts is subject of excavation |
Survey: | Abney level |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 99 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Last place in NT CP but more dogs than people on the hill. | Newton Maximus | 16/01/2024 |
From the NT car park off main road to SW. Very popular with dog walkers. Path leads onto open grassy common grazzed by cows – site of Iron Age fort. A few clumps of gorse and crab apple trees. Very fine view from the E edge with Isle of Portland visible in distance. High point in pasture at N end of plateau. | RichardM | 23/09/2023 |
As gerrybowes, plus the trig (hidden on the way up by trees). | Minto | 05/07/2023 |
Last Hump of 4 today. Good parking at 373993, then up by old path, down by RoW which is the Wessex Ridgeway. We visited cadidate HPs, an earthwork and the trig pt before having a snack off the flat, wide summit area on the E side where we enjoyed views of the highest hills in Dorset and memories of Marilyn bagging there. With brother, Pete. Sunny and warm all day. | pwheeler | 05/06/2023 |
Circuit with Lesley after Coney's Castle. Bluebells and apple blossom. | Nick Canute | 21/05/2023 |
Cold frosty morning, easy walk up from carpark via trig pillar to earth ramparts of fort. | cjo | 15/12/2022 |
quick run up from the car park before a caching adventure then Pilsdon Pen on the way home. | stagger onward | 15/10/2022 |
21:00 At dusk, pretty clear sky risky serene and rather peaceful but slightly strange place in that it's a high HuMP subsidiary of Lewesdon Hill Marilyn and big flattish grassy area with one of two scattered trees but little view on any direction as there's forest along west NW n SW and a row of trees along east side too. | vegibagger | 09/08/2021 |
National Trust car park at SY 3666 9879 - Through pedestrian gate & followed good path NE alongside woodland - Through gap in rampart to unmarked summit; also stood on high point of rampart. (S) | gerrybowes | 11/05/2021 |
Solo | simon and co | 20/10/2020 |
Sign for Coney's Castle caught my eye for a snap - my son's girlfriend is called Connie. Decided to park up and walk the mile to Lambert's Castle Hill HP down the quiet lane and up handy path. Clearly an old route between the two camps, this added some interest. Fine views had to the east along the bank approaching the top so stay outside the tree line. | Pete West | 21/02/2020 |
Parked to the North in layby. Easy walk up on footpath to HP & trig. Few harmless cows about. | fosal29 | 25/10/2019 |
Parked at 37320 99370 and followed a path diagonally up the side of the hill before passing through a gate on to open grassland. The nearby earthworks look almost certainly higher than the trig. I know they are man-made but they are a lot older than recently added slag heaps. | clivevilla | 26/03/2019 |
Goodish parking to North off road under trees in wide hard verge, easy to pick up footpath and stroll up to hill and trig. Some grazing cattle but no probs for Bryher and Jen | nordicstar | 16/05/2018 |
Nice spot. Easy from CP. | twg27 | 06/05/2018 |
Easy walk over from the car park to the W pillar good condition. | griefmiester | 22/01/2018 |
With K. Popular spot with dog walkers | Ashley | 17/11/2017 |
Bagged hill and trig from road after an 8.5 mile walk on Lewesdon Hill, Pilsdon Pen and Gerrard's Hill, had an ice cream in Lyme Regis then onto Colmers Hill after, Lovely and sunny. | DanTrig | 22/05/2017 |
From south. Space for a few cars at road junction. | PGCE | 06/01/2017 |
With Wendy | ijpowell | 25/07/2016 |
From NT car park, popular with dog walkers. Visited trig point and earth bank to the North. | PeterD | 29/06/2016 |
From NT car park. | rhalstead | 17/01/2016 |
With Paul | Skerryvore | 18/10/2015 |
Hill fort | Adrian | 20/09/2015 |
4/6 Walked up from telephone box through trees nice views | Fergalh | 08/07/2015 |
Short stroll from NT car park. | tim747 | 05/06/2015 |
Had a go at finding the natural top, but as this was once a town/village it could be anywhere. | fasgadh | 08/04/2015 |
Bagged with Alex Cameron. | Dugswell2 | 28/03/2015 |
Nice view back to Pilsden Pen where we had a soaking a short while earlier. | Alex C | 28/03/2015 |
Today visited TP but in 1977 (date not sure) I visited the fort and spent a whole afternoon surveying the whole area for project. | Dusty | 28/03/2015 |
A quick bag from the free National Trust car park | Sprog | 16/04/2014 |
and the column at 370988 | arranc | 22/03/2014 |
Walked around from car park. Great views across the Marshwood Vale from here. Very popular with dog walkers. | The Gardener | 09/09/2013 |
From telephone box on road to the north. Track straight up through the beeches. Flat top crowded with cows. Trig pillar actually had a cow pat sat on the top of it. Why do the N. Trust like cows!!!! ? | mick | 29/08/2013 |
Visited from holiday cottage at Fishpond Bottom.Pleasant evening stroll. | citygent | 31/05/2013 |
Up from the telephone box - a very pleasant hill. | Chris Peart | 12/03/2013 |
an early morning stroll from car park to south, trig nearly missed - pay attention!! weather dull and windy but rain not arrived yet.. views poor today. | stig_nest | 19/11/2012 |
An easy stroll apart from my daughter Amelia on my shoulders to the summit area. No idea where the high point is. I visited all the contenders. Would suggest the earth bank just about wins. lots of biting insects but great views down to the South Coast especially to Portland. | isabelle | 23/07/2012 |
Lambert's Castle Hill is all open public access. A trig point, 2m lower than the summit, is located a short distance away. Summit not marked so unable to ascertain it's exact location to get a precise GR. | jonglew | 01/07/2012 |
NT CP then a stroll in the park. | chrisbien | 22/05/2012 |
Parked on National Trust CP at SY 36648 98793 (it is along a track not by the road). Easy ascent to trig pillar then to summit on top of earthen ramparts at SY 37123 98906 | David Gradwell | 01/04/2012 |
Parking to W. Top could be anywhere - highest point on the castle wall. Trig point seems as high. | destaylor | 04/08/2011 |
From NT car park - missed this at first, so drove all round hill. Easy stroll to flat grassy top. Ramparts of hill fort are clearly higher than the trig. Popular place for dog walkers. Cool and cloudy. | malcorbett | 04/05/2011 |
Charmouth to Broadwindsor - misty on top for me as well. Failed to spot the trig on my initial pass over the summit area, but went back to check it is still there. My impression of HP location is just to the north of the earthworks. | Smudge | 15/01/2011 |
SN Part of Wessex Ridgeway | benwloudon | 18/07/2010 |
Easy walk from carpark in the mist. The trig is SW of the fort on the edge of a group of trees but clearly isn't at the highest point. | Herbert Anchovy | 06/10/2009 |
Lamberts Castle was on the classic Dorset group LDWA Hardy Annual 35ml route | philhythe | 11/05/2003 |
RHW | 21/09/2002 | |
Late 2021 with Helena | paulhilder | blank |
Andy West | 25/06/2023 |