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Name: | Eggardon Hill |
Hill number: | 5423 |
Height: | 253.1m / 830ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2896 Lewesdon Hill |
RHB Section: | 41: South Central England |
County/UA: | Dorset |
Catchment: | Brit, Catchment Boundaries, Piddle & Frome |
Class: | Hump, Tump (200-299m), Clem (Hu,Tu,2,Cm) |
Grid ref: | SY 54843 94049 |
Summit feature: | no feature: arable |
Drop: | 122.9m |
Col: | 130.2m SY 5433 9750 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 194 (1:25k) OL15W 117W |
Observations: | tumulus 50m ESE at SY 54887 94033 is 0.1m higher but not on natural summit; tumulus with trig at SY 54643 94438 is 1.3m lower |
Comments: | Relocated November 2022 |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 89 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Did Trig first then Walked from west. Went to tumulus and then HP grid reference. Nothing special for my 400th English Hump and 100th English and Welsh Hump of the year. | PeterD | 17/12/2023 |
Parked near road junction to N, from trig and summit, in separate fields. | Minto | 05/07/2023 |
Faffed about a bit to find best parking and settled for lay-by near box with electrical installation inside. A few minutes walk to HP, then track to Two Gates and back, where a maintenace van had arrived- good job we returned via the track! We then drove to the cross roads (SY 547944) and walked on the RoWs to the fort, exploring the S ramparts (magnificent) before going off the bw to visit the trig pt- easy exit via bbw gate to lane. | pwheeler | 06/06/2023 |
With Luke | Jbratt95 | 11/12/2022 |
From road to W. 4th Hump of 6 for the day on a drive from London. | Mark Jackson | 05/11/2022 |
Maiden Newton circular. | Smudge | 22/10/2021 |
Parked in the lay-by and wandered over to trig, then to what I believe is the highpoint by the hedge in the opposite field. I feel, as I parked adjacent to this that I may have cheated a little.....but I had just done a 10 mile walk so meh....... | stagger onward | 30/08/2021 |
Parked in layby alongside farm gate at SY 5457 9420 (space for 2 or 3 cars) - Over gate & along edge of cultivated field to the high point by hedge. (S) | gerrybowes | 11/05/2021 |
With Bev | simon and co | 17/10/2020 |
Parked on road to West Compton near high point. Skipped sturdy wire fence. Struggle to believe marked spot is indeed high point. Would have liked check altitudes and enjoy the hill fort but just too cold a day to linger | Pete West | 20/02/2020 |
Over fence to Trig then along adjacent road to HP. | fosal29 | 30/10/2019 |
Easy parking at thejunction 
Walked around field where top is then crawled ubder fence to reach trig point | ChinnockC | 15/09/2019 |
Parked in the layby at the road junction close to the trig point. Walked to Trig which as being used as a scratching post by some young cows. Then off to explore the more picturesque iron age fort being heading driving off to Broadwindsor | Buck | 03/08/2019 |
On a days walk from Loders, walked along bridleway to ruined barn with dishes attached then North, pity the hill fort is not the high point well worth a visit | philhythe | 30/09/2018 |
Trig and Hump from roadside parking with Jenx and Bryher | nordicstar | 16/05/2018 |
With K. Trivial bag. | Ashley | 17/11/2017 |
Park in a small layby part way down the hill trig in a field surrounded with barbed wire | Tony Hartry | 08/09/2017 |
Parked in a rough layby at SY 54574 94205, on Spyway Road. It was a 5 minute round trip to the summit from here. Also took in the trig and had a turn around the hill fort. | Sprog | 15/08/2017 |
From the road. | tomd4 | 03/11/2016 |
From parking to north, road walk then quick out and back. | rhalstead | 03/09/2016 |
Did this on the way back from Lyme Regis back to Serborne. | steverd | 27/07/2016 |
Did this on the way back from Lyme Regis on return to Sherburne. | Dragonzilla | 27/07/2016 |
With Wendy. Wonderful iron age hill fort, nice trig, rubbish high point. | ijpowell | 26/07/2016 |
3/5 Easy quick bag from road | Fergalh | 16/08/2015 |
En-route to Long Knoll. | tim747 | 05/06/2015 |
Visited the rough area of the highest ground from a gas enclosure and then the trig. | fasgadh | 08/04/2015 |
After visiting the trig on Saturday 28th I was told by the others that it wasn't the hump summit. Returned in the cloud and strong winds of Sunday morning. | vegibagger | 29/03/2015 |
Revisit for natural HP. OS had an 'old trig' close to highest point of hedge SY 54728 94224 approx. However rather level field at c. SY 54766 94147 could be as high or higher. | RHW | 28/03/2015 |
Tick with Alex and Alan. | Dugswell2 | 28/03/2015 |
Terrible visibility, but first TuMP climbed on a fun day out with Douglas and Alan as part of the Trigger's Spring gathering. | Alex C | 28/03/2015 |
Very miserable weather on this top today - thick mist and wind. Came up as part of the trig baggers weekend. | Father Ted | 28/03/2015 |
Visited hill fort and walked along road to trig. | Skerryvore | 26/07/2014 |
Quick diversion from the A35 on way home from site visit. Managed to access the field and park by some sort of water holding facility. The highest point seemed to be somewhere within an arable field and it was certainly higher than the trig point. | Herbert Anchovy | 02/01/2014 |
With Alf. The gate to the field on which the top has been relocated was open. Walked over it but the trig looks a bit higher. Visted the nearby hill fort wonderful spot. | mick | 27/08/2013 |
With Anna, walked up from Powerstock. The recent relocation has placed the top in the middle of field full of tall grass protected by barbed wire! A pointless exercise, I suspect. At least the trig can be reached from a footpath without requiring gymnastics! | citygent | 08/06/2013 |
On way after work to Ollie & Ann's at Axminster to join Lesley & family for 5 days in Cornwall. 
Diverted on lovely evening to trig and field(top). | Chris Pearson | 08/06/2013 |
Some good ice formations on the adjacent, leaky, water tank today. | Chris Peart | 12/03/2013 |
trickiest bit was traversing the barbed wire.. super views though on a lovely crisp morning | stig_nest | 18/11/2012 |
Extremely windy day and threatening rain, but it held off for us. Otherwise nothing much to note. | jonglew | 16/06/2012 |
P at ROW to NW of trig. | chrisbien | 22/05/2012 |
Parked on rough lay-by at SY 54715 94529. Unticked due to Lidar summit change. | David Gradwell | 01/04/2012 |
Take the dogs here alot, but never realized it was on this site! Digging through various photos to get a date, it was particularly hot and sunny, just before the fine weather broke and the floods of 2012 began. Some fine views down to the coast from here on a clear day. | derlan | 28/03/2012 |
A roadside column 5885 on a mound with cows. | arranc | 13/01/2012 |
Easy parking. | destaylor | 04/08/2011 |
Trig point just over a barbed wire fence. | clivevilla | 09/07/2009 |
Estimate date | benwloudon | 01/08/2008 |
rdside tumulus, fine view. tumulus just W of road | RHW | 21/09/2002 |
Tom Mundell | 28/12/2023 | |
Trekking toes | 28/12/2023 | |
RichardM | 25/09/2023 |