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Name: | Thornemead Hill |
Hill number: | 17928 |
Height: | 412m / 1352ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2889 Dunkery Beacon |
RHB Section: | 41: South Central England |
County/UA: | Somerset |
Hill area: | Exmoor |
Catchment: | Exe |
Class: | Tump (400-499m) (Tu,4) |
Grid ref: | SS 80917 37541 |
Summit feature: | no feature |
Drop: | 35m |
Col: | 377m SS803389 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 181 (1:25k) OL9E |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 29 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
I think the true summit is in the open access land to the SE of the point shown here. There is a heathery hummock from which you can see over the turf wall and looks higher than the land in the field to the north. | Swindon Bagger | 29/04/2023 |
Start of 3 summit walk from cattle grid | cjo | 07/04/2023 |
Parked to west and walked along between a bank and a fence before scaling the bank to reach the summit. | clivevilla | 09/07/2022 |
Parked near Landacre Bridge for a circuit of 4 Tumps: Thornemead Hill (visited summit grid ref and highest point of nearby hedge bank), Cow Castle, Horsen Hill and Withypool Common. | PGCE | 10/12/2021 |
Parked in good open area on edge of Landacre Lane where it crosses access land to the east. Then followed RoW north west, before heading off to a gate to gain access to the field with the HP. (S). | silveracorn_alan | 03/08/2021 |
level pasture with standing water, access land to south similar height. End of circular route starting with Cow castle. large herd of cows. | Denise | 26/10/2020 |
Last of round of 5 Tumps on circuit of the Barle Valley. All 3 fields visited in the level summit area. The moorland looked the highest to me. | RichardM | 26/10/2020 |
As others parked before Horsen Farm. Then walked a 13km circuit taking in Horsen Hill, Cow Castle and Thornemead Hill | fosal29 | 19/09/2019 |
Parked at start of bw. After 400 mts there is a gate into summit field. Very straightforward. | Campbell Singer | 12/04/2019 |
Ran from Withypool up to Withypool Hill across to Withypool Common. Then down to the River Barle which I walked through and up to Thornmeade Hill with a return along the Two Moors Way. It was a cloudy day with occasional brightness and a bit of drizzle. Time taken 2hours 15 minutes for 8 miles. No other people seen on the hills. Plenty of Wildlife including Raven, Buzzard, Snow Bunting, Robin, Snipe, Stonechat, Bullfinch, Chaffinch and Winter Thrushes. | isabelle | 04/12/2017 |
From west, embankments higher than natural field HP. | PeterD | 27/06/2017 |
From Simonsbath. Down Two Moors Way and back up via Pickedstones. Natural summit in field but boundary bank higher. | davidpettit84 | 22/07/2016 |
Rough parking to the west then follow the open access fence. | moorsman | 15/06/2016 |
Parked at cattle grid at end of road past Thornemead Farm. Field gate and banked field boundaries to negotiate to find HP somewhere in large enclosed fallow field. HP could be anywhere. | jonglew | 03/04/2016 |
With Jo, from Withypool: road SE to Blackmoreland then tracks to Withypool Hill and Withypool Common, then across to Landacre Lane and tracks to Thornemead Hill, returning along Kitridge Lane. Weather, sunny, warm breeze, good visibility. | amblerbob | 03/07/2015 |
Quick hop off road after passing cattle grid follow fence up hill to high point. not much views | Fergalh | 09/11/2014 |
Third and final summit of the day, walking the Two Moors way from Lynmouth to Withypool. At SS8064 3640 I took a track North, running alongside a fenceline (Mature beech trees had all been cut down leaving ugly stumps)and followed this all the way to where the footpath becomes a track at a cattle grid Grid ref SS8067 3751. I followed the fenceline bordering the hill in an Easterly direction and climbed over into field to investigate spot height. 
 
Agree with RHW, that Hedge border east of summit is highest point. . The summit lies in a large flattish field with the usual high bank hedges surrounding it. Retraced steps back to Two moors way trail leading to Withypool. | Dazingdale | 22/03/2014 |
Dead end road – walked along fence on access land then over into dome shaped grassy field and out by gates having done a sweep over likely highest spot. then back to Simonsbath looking for Darren's dropped sunglasses. | Chris Pearson | 10/08/2010 |
highest point is is hedgebank, dullish summit, OK view. follow fence from W, park at rdside | RHW | 04/09/2004 |
Martin R | 19/02/2024 | |
Matt | 04/07/2022 | |
andrew brown | 10/11/2018 | |
Dusty | 04/12/2017 | |
mae | 04/10/2017 | |
Adrian | 15/05/2017 | |
stevent0809 | 31/12/2016 | |
MM | 30/08/2016 | |
jimbloomer | 26/02/2014 | |
andrew.allum | 01/01/2000 |