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Name: | Hingston Down |
Hill number: | 17557 |
Height: | 268m / 879ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2883 Kit Hill |
RHB Section: | 40: Cornwall & Devon |
County/UA: | Cornwall |
Catchment: | Tamar |
Class: | Tump (200-299m) (Tu,2) |
Grid ref: | SX 40976 71433 |
Summit feature: | no feature |
Drop: | 47m |
Col: | 221m SX390712 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 201 (1:25k) 108 |
Observations: | mounds 110m NW at SX 40891 71507 and 160m NW SX 40865 71547 are of similar height |
Survey: | Abney level |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 9 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
From S, drove rough Old Mine Road to barrier then short walk N to W-E path which follows brackeny bank of old quarry. Point on bank 30m W of tall rusty pole seemed a good HP contender, hard to tell with bracken cover. Surprisingly drizzly start to the day | RHW | 01/09/2019 |
Over Access Land from the S via paths through gorse. I suspect the natural summit of Hingston Down is now lost to the large working quarry on the N side of the hill. Highest remaining ground is now outside of quarry on Access Land. A rusty flag(?)pole is the the most pleasing high point but the bank 100m to the W is slightly higher. Vegetated mounds (spoil?) around Hingston Down mine are of similar height. Great views of Dartmoor and Plymouth Sound. Visit from Calstock where we are moored for the night having sailed up the Tamar River . | RichardM | 16/09/2017 |
various possible HPs on the access land including by an old flagpole, by a ruined engine house (1882) and on disturbed ground nearby- large active mine nearby, possibly the original HP was here. Arthurite- apple green copper- mined here, from 17-19th C. In AD 838 the Saxons defeated the Cornish ( and Danes) , denying them independence. Moored at Calstock- unexpectedly fast flow made row in dinghy back to boat exciting. | Denise | 15/09/2017 |
Visited whilst in the area geocaching. | CornishGazza | 16/03/2014 |
Alex C | 15/08/2023 | |
Andy West | 03/05/2023 | |
Matt | 12/01/2023 | |
BrianMatthews | 01/06/2022 | |
john steel | 09/10/2004 |