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Name:Pistle Down
Hill number:18290
Height:98m / 322ft
Parent (Ma):2897  Win Green
RHB Section:41: South Central England
County/UA:Dorset
Catchment:Avon & Stour
Class:Tump (0-99m)
(Tu,0)
Grid ref:SU096109 (est)
Drop:32m
Col:66m  SU091116  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 195
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 23 users)ByDate of Ascent
Martin R31/08/2023
Easy parking at SU 08452 10988DC11main13/04/2023
Swindon Bagger02/03/2023
Did this hill in the late afternoon from Verwood. Very wet, very flat on top and no one to be seen on the day.DavidHiner13/09/2022
Andy West21/05/2022
Flat hill in Forestry Commission pine plantationfreethehilltops15/05/2022
Sprog16/02/2022
From the ROW at Wild Church Bottom, taking in the trig and summit, before returning via Stephen's Castle.summitter30/09/2021
Matt26/06/2021
Regularly used to walk up to Stephen's Castle hill when living in the areamatt98p08/06/2021
Parked to SSW in Cooper's Lane. Tracks to trig and spot height on track. Short diversion to Stephen's Castle on the return.PGCE06/03/2021
Parked to the south in Moorlands Road. Followed tracks to the Trig then OS spot on a track. All rather flat at the top.fosal2902/02/2020
Out and back from Verwood.rhalstead31/03/2019
All British reptiles can only be found on heathland, and all six (adder, smooth snake, grass snake, slow worm ,sand lizard, viviparous lizard) exist in Stephen’s Castle nature reserve passed on the climb up from Verwood.Despite the warming spring sun nothing stirred on my passing. Equally reclusive were any sightings of Batman at the hamlet of Gotham to the west, nor any sign of Noah’s Ark perched on Mount Ararat, so named in the woods to the east. Only saw a lot of trees - but one never knows...Chris Pearson24/03/2019
andrew brown04/08/2016
From SW, my final Dorset tump. Whisky and cake at the summit with Smudge. Minor diversion on descent, to Stephen's Castle. Then to Lymington for Wight ferryRHW27/02/2016
Verwood circular. Hobbled up to celebrate RHW's 100th 'county' completion before killing a bit of time getting wet feet on Cranborne Common.Smudge27/02/2016
From Potters Wheel car park (free)in Verwood via pleasant forest tracks. Summit is Heathland with areas of felled pine forest. All quite level with no distinguishing high point. 98m spot height marked on map is on sandy forest road.RichardM09/01/2016
sandy heathland and pine trees. we decided track junction was HP but indistinctDenise 09/01/2016
bwm22/08/2015
stevent080921/02/2015
Parking in Verwood at end of lane. Walking NE on woodland tracks to trig and hill top. ***Revisited today 29 Sep 2015 as unsure if HP visited in 2013. Done now for sure.jonglew28/03/2013
in conifers ..not yet felled. nice wild feel.Adrian24/09/2011