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Name:Mardon Down
Hill number:2882
Height:357.1m / 1172ft
Section:40: Cornwall & Devon
Classification:Hu,Tu,3,sMa,Cm
Drop:141.4m
Col:215.6m  SX 7479 8615  
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Entry no.Date recordedGrid Ref.Feature / Observations / SurveyRecorded byStatusSubpointLatest review
1296827/03/2016SX 76770 87089  F: Rock
O: E side of path
S: Abney level
RichardM
Subpoint
2Jim
3443915/03/2021SX 76772 87075  F: ground just W of track
O: ground near cairn 380m N at SX 76764 87454 is 1.3m lower; ground 160m N at SX 76730 87238 is 0.6m lower
S: 1m LIDAR (tellus)
jimbloomer
Summit
Jim
-1380024/02/2014SX 76773 87096  F: rock
O: cairn 360m N at SX 76764 87459 is lower
S: Abney level
jimbloomer
Subpoint
2Jim
-1380124/02/2014SX 76764 87459  F: cairn
O: rock 360m S at SX 76773 87096 is higher
S: Abney level
jimbloomer
Subpoint
1
316924/02/2014SX 76773 87096  F: rock
O: base of cairn at SX 76764 87459 is lower
S: Abney Level
jimbloomer
Extracted
GJ



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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 97 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
With Kate.Newton Maximus26/12/2023
From road South-east.tim74729/06/2023
From Headless Cross car park up good tracks to top. Visited the cairn and HP in gorse just off path. Not too bad this time of year And trampled down in a couple of places.PeterD09/02/2023
Solo. From Pepperdon Down. Nice stroll up the wide path.MickyRoss04/08/2022
Easy track from good parking to NE.Minto30/06/2022
From parking shown on map, to W. Disturbed an adder basking in the sun on way up; broad grassy tracks all the way to summit area with lots of interesting remains inc. stone circles- all visited along with HP. With Pete. Back same waypwheeler16/06/2022
Easy parking on large grass verge area at SX 7623 8725 - E. up wide grass track between gorse & bracken & then S. along track between dense gorse. Managed to trample down enough gorse to reach the summit GR which lies less than 10m W. of track. A pair of long trousers, gloves & secateurs would have been handy. (S)gerrybowes15/06/2021
From the car park to the west. An easy stroll upwards and then a short walk along the ridge to potential top candidates. With GM.bolton23/07/2020
From CP by Headless Cross to Giant’s Grace, the lovely stone circle and the summit - although I fancy the knoll surrounded by stones 50 yards NW of the stone circle may be higher. I was joined on the walk by my mother, on her 96th birthday.Nick Down115/07/2019
From SW but seems morning local strollers all come up from the east somewhere. Both tops.Eddie11/07/2019
Short walk from CP. Visited all of the summit candidates.Herbert Anchovy20/03/2019
Round of five summits from Blytheswood bunkhouse.Moorponder26/06/2018
Parked to the SE and went to both possible tops. Which ever you are at the other one looks slightly higher.clivevilla14/11/2017
Up the RoW from East, good parking. Freshly cut gorse channels, offcuts made for useful kindling that night at our rental. Stone circle on top interesting, query GR for Highpoint.nordicstar06/10/2017
An attractive open moorland with handy mown ways through the gorse. The high point seemed to be on one of these not at GR.jenx06/10/2017
petey08/09/2017
Parked in the CP to the SW and walked up and over down to the Headless Cross, around and back admiring the Giant's grave on the way back.PK130/03/2017
Short up and down from roadside parking area.rhalstead05/03/2017
5 tump walk from Morternhampstead on a hot day with Lesley and Flook the dog. Linked footpaths and narrow Devon lanes on a circular walk. My 2nd visit to this Sub-marilyn. S to N along 'crest' Up from SE on wide tack after a scary encounter with a snarling dog which escaped from its owners car. The owner shouted its only nervous. Not as much as me I was tempted to reply.Chris Pearson15/08/2016
From Headless Cross through recently burt gorse. Very fine views from lovely 'whale-back' ridgeRichardM27/03/2016
On circular walk with Mardon Down East TopPoolton12314/11/2015
Easy walk from W visiting both potential summit areasRobertP16/10/2015
9/14 of long but satisfying hill bagging day (Hay Tor/Rippen Tor/Top Tor/Chinkwell Tor/Hound Tor/Heatree Down/Easdon Tor/Black Hill/Mardon Down/Birch Tor/Challacombe Down/Hamel Down/Hookney Tor/Cornden TorFergalh13/06/2015
Ample parking available at start of track to south east. From here there is a wide track leading over the summit.moorsman19/08/2014
Up marked path from North and walked the ridge. There are several stone circles on the hill.Chris Peart11/06/2014
New car park been bulldozed into the moor, a little E of one shown on OS 1:25k map. NE to Giants Grave then S across broad flat top to undefined summit. Arguably summit could be anywhere but OS 356m spot height seems to be it. Watched some spectacular weather come across from the high moorland to the W. High winds and rain hit us before we reached the car - nice!jonglew13/01/2014
hot dayAdrian14/07/2013
Made a bit of a meal of this one. There did not seem to be a path up through the vegetation from the west so drove up and around to the south and tackled it from there. The feint path through broom and brambles disapeared and in shorts made it painful. Then I found the main path up and it was much easier! Walked the ridge to make sure I got the high point. Then found a geocache. Then back.Father Ted08/09/2012
From jnct SE of hill. Walked the top both ways.chrisbien25/05/2012
From the North West in heavy rain shower cold wind walked the whole length of ridge must say the alternative summit did seem higher. Very difficult to tell though due to the Gorse.isabelle22/04/2012
Easy parking to SE. Best to walk the full length of ridge as summit could be at either of the two alternatives or thereabouts.destaylor08/12/2011
Think the ground to the north is higher as per the alternative summit grid ref.It looks higher and measures higher on my gps.DARRENG22/05/2011
Good rapid ascent from Moreton via Yarningdale path (watch for gate on left after farm at SX760863).Smudge27/03/2011
Climbed on way home from Cornwall.Man of Kernow102/04/2010
We lived thereStephenfarmer01/08/2008
Fifth Hump of the day, parked low down on grassy car park then walked up thro' gorse and braken to summit ridge, which I walked along before returning east to the road and down to car. Site of interest at/near summit.Dugswell201/06/2008
In passing to climb on Hound Tor with BobChris Pearson23/08/2002
Parked in Moretonhampstead by the school. Took the road and path past Yarningdale to the spot height. Walked on past to the Giant?s Grave. Lost path on descent and hacked through burnt gorse giving camouflage affect to trousers.garyhoney28/05/2000
easy hill, pleasant surroundings. 764872 park roadside, FP to summit RHW09/04/2000
Up through gorse to half hidden stone circle and flat gorse covered top.arranc01/11/1998
Lindsay M21/06/2023
danpquinn19/04/2023
RVC21/01/2023
Tom Mundell29/12/2022
Kendall24/06/2022
bwm08/06/2022
Andy West30/04/2022
robmurray01/02/2022
malcorbett15/06/2021
Matt07/10/2020