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Name:Great Hangman
Hill number:17949
Height:318m / 1043ft
Parent (Ma):2889  Dunkery Beacon
RHB Section:40: Cornwall & Devon
County/UA:Devon
Hill area:Exmoor
Catchment:Minor Rivers only (South)
Class:Tump (300-399m)
(Tu,3)
Grid ref:SS 60077 48072
Summit feature:large pile of stones
Drop:74m
Col:244m  SS601471  
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 94 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
Long muddy blustery walk up from Combe Martin with ShirlValerie13/03/2024
Walking from Combe Martin parade carpark to Little Hangman, Great Hangman and Holdstone Hill.esartii27/01/2024
Steve Clark10/10/2023
Walking from The Glass Box to Ilfracombe via Great Hangman, Little Hangman & Hillsborough.Dugswell204/10/2023
Andy West12/09/2023
KathW03/05/2023
Archie03/05/2023
phil10110/04/2023
Along coast path from Little Hangman HillJulieB28/02/2023
Matt06/07/2022
Straight over the top during day 2 of my 31 day hike around the SWCP.fosal2930/04/2022
Tony J30/08/2021
softsquare22/06/2021
dave g26/05/2021
While walking another section of the SWCP.rhalstead13/12/2020
Enjoying a walk on the Hangman Cliffs.Delta6826/09/2020
On superb section of Coastal path- from Combe Martin.Denise 10/07/2020
Coastal path crosses the summit topped by huge cairn of small clean rocks. Excellent views include S Wales and Lundy.RichardM10/07/2020
isabelle17/05/2020
From the start of the Girt Farm track and onto Little Hangman Hill and Combe Martin cp. Delightful walk in spectacular coastal scenery. Great views over to the Gower, Swansea and Port Talbot.Campbell Singer20/10/2019
Walking South West Coastal path with Eoin (Minehead to Ilfracombe)Pete West15/09/2019
Along SWCP from Little Hangman with Alfie & Danu.Dangerous Dave08/08/2019
From Combe Martin on the SWCP.milimana13/07/2019
From car park in Coombe Martin, Great Hangman first then back and up Little Hangman.PeterD06/05/2019
ScaSey01/04/2019
poppiesrara29/03/2019
kasharic06/10/2018
hughbagger10/09/2018
Chasejet07/08/2018
On holiday in North Devon so tackling Hildstone Hill and the Hangman’s.Pipesy16/04/2018
Ascent with sisterPaul_142_uk24/03/2018
Steve Clark15/03/2018
Long walk with Jack. Loop to Holdstone Down, Great Hangman and Little Hangman.peter_tun11/11/2017
pwatson198018/10/2017
Combe Martin, Lester Cliff, Little Hangman, Great Hangman, Hangman's Pathmavero1028/10/2016
A circular walk from near by Coombe Martin.Anthony Vosper09/08/2016
Four coastal hills today: Holdstone Down, Great Hangman, Little Hangman, Heddon's Mouth Hilldavidpettit8423/07/2016
Dusty04/07/2016
With Lesley, a steep climb out of Coombe Martin over Little Hangman first(bench on top) A nice path across breezy, sunny quiet moorland - Below here is the highest cliff in England (mostly steep grass)at the base of which lies the incredible adventure of the Exmoor Coast traverse -a very committing traverse /climb at sea level between Coombe Martin & Lynton. A huge tidal range (2nd largest in world) and very few escape routes up steep rock and grass make for a very serious outing. The 1st continuous crossing in 1978 took 4 and half days! http://members.madasafish.com/~exmoorwalker/page100.html. Silver mines to the south have helped fund several war efforts of English kings e.g Henry V at Agincourt,and silver from here is in the Crown Jewels.Chris Pearson06/04/2016
Lesley Atchison06/04/2016
Walked 5 miles with Julie and Amy. Walk from Exmoor and the Quantocks Ordnance survey book. Staying in Horizon in Combe Martin with the girls. Walked from Combe Martin up to Little Hangman and onto Great Hangman on a blustery day. Very muddy and slippery path but a lovely walk.Suzyj15/11/2015
Number two of two summits on this walk. Cloudy. Holdstone Hill (349m) and Great Hangman (318m) from county road. Distance = 6.72km. Average moving speed = 4.0km/h. Time moving = 1:41. Ascent = 343m.paulnewby8116/08/2015
From S, by light of full moon: vegibagger would approve.RHW03/04/2015
Energetic walk from Combe Martin via Holdstone Down and on to Little Hangman.Warm sunny day.Grand views.With Bridget and Oscar.catman30/09/2014
With Catman and Oscar.rosiebridge30/09/2014
With Bridget and Catman.oscarrosie30/09/2014
With girlsPaul_142_uk27/08/2014
On SW Coast Pathnickywood108/10/2013
With LizPaul_142_uk20/09/2013
Walked up from Combe Martin, up to Little Hangman, Great Hangman and Holdstone Down. 9 miles.DanTrig27/08/2013