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Name: | Pilsdon Pen |
Hill number: | 2898 |
Height: | 276.7m / 908ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2896 Lewesdon Hill |
RHB Section: | 41: South Central England |
County/UA: | Dorset |
Catchment: | Axe (Seaton), Catchment Boundaries |
Class: | Tump (200-299m) (Tu,2) |
Grid ref: | ST 41364 01144 |
Summit feature: | no feature 8m SE of trig point |
Drop: | 83m |
Col: | 194m ST420016 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 193 (1:25k) 116 |
Observations: | base of trig point at ST 41358 01149 is 40cm lower; earthwork 390m NW of trig point at ST 41358 01149 is slightly lower |
Survey: | Abney level/Leica RX1250 |
Comments: | Marilyn and Dorset County Top replaced by 2896 Lewesdon Hill in 1995 |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 170 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
With Lesley. Interesting hill fort. Hazy. | Nick Canute | 19/05/2023 |
Walking the Orange Way from Crewkerne to Axminster. No route divert required. | PhilipChaston | 02/04/2023 |
With Sue, from CP in rain | Phreerunner | 23/03/2023 |
Lewesdon Hill Revisited | DavidHiner | 24/12/2022 |
quick run up from the car park at the end of the day...quick run down again to try and get to the car before the rain arrived that I saw sweeping across the valley! | stagger onward | 15/10/2022 |
As a circuit from Broadwindsor, taking in Lewesdon Hill after. Views from Pilsdon better! | cjwilliams | 31/07/2022 |
A quick ascent from the parking area to the south. Solo. Lovely hill, shame it is no-longer a Marilyn. | Dangerous Dave | 08/01/2022 |
Pilsdon Pen [Pilsdon S1507] from GR: ST 41410 00933 | ronaldo333 | 28/10/2021 |
Pilsdon Pen [Pilsdon S1507] from GR: ST 41410 00933 | Hippster | 28/10/2021 |
With Rob | Jbratt95 | 14/08/2021 |
From S. Visited trig, summit and NW earthworks. | PGCE | 21/04/2021 |
Short ascent from small car park. Storm clouds to north, sun glistening off the english channel to south. | cjo | 29/12/2020 |
Solo | simon and co | 19/10/2020 |
Short climb up from car park to south. Lots of sheep that climb a lot quicker than me! | fosal29 | 25/10/2019 |
Having ‘bagged’ Eggardon hill early I drove to Broadwindsor and parked by the village store. Breakfast pastry purchases before a 10.5 mile walk up to Lewesdon hill before heading back down to pick up bridleway and road to Pilsdon Pen. Heading down to Stoke Abott using roads and Bridle Paths and the Jubilee Way to Stoke Abbott then up to Chartknolle Farm out and back to Gerrard's Hill. Headed back to Broadwindsor via Waddon Hill which is clearly a hill the landowner does not want you to walk up! | Buck | 03/08/2019 |
Parked at the base of the hill and walked over the stile and up the well-trodden path. Friend told me that there is some controversy as to whether this is higher than Lewesdon Hill. My OS Locate app measured this 2m higher than Lewesdon Hill at the trig-point. | jedthehumanoid | 26/07/2019 |
The Dorset Invader half marathon | Terra Love | 26/05/2019 |
From layby and the onto Lewesdon Hill | trimarc2 | 20/11/2018 |
With Katy. Sun. | George Thompson | 14/09/2018 |
10k circuit from Broadwindsor over Pilsdon Pen and Lewesdon Hill | KeithByTheC | 11/09/2018 |
On the way to Lewesdon Hill with my sister who lives locally. A fine viewpoint. | Topographer57 | 11/08/2018 |
Walked from Lewesdon Hill. Beautiful day and wide ranging views. | Clach Liath | 04/08/2018 |
Form layby on the B316 - Arrive shortly after a downpour but already warming up again. Information board promises an iron age fort and does not disappoint . Old earthworks and entrances still prominent. Central area flattened - very impressive with fine views all around. Wonder what Vespasian made of the place in AD43? | briandavies | 28/07/2018 |
Here for the trigpoint. TP:UK log: 
 
Lovely wee hill fort, steep but short ascent, fantastic view. Trig showing some damage and has a crack around it with a wee hole. | thejackrustles | 22/07/2018 |
Beautiful day, good views. With Marion, Louise, Hannah and Rachel. | richtea5040 | 02/07/2018 |
From parking area to the south. Ten minutes return | Crib Goch | 09/05/2018 |
Parking on the road to the S easy nip up to hill fort. pillar cracked, other than that in good condition, good views today. | griefmiester | 22/01/2018 |
8.5 mile walk from car park south of Pilsdon Pen, walked down country lane south-east and onto Jubilee Way to Stoke Abbott (very posh village), up better path to Chartknolle Farm out and back to Gerrard's Hill, then west along Wessex Ridgeway onto Lewesdon Hill, along to B-road and climbed Pilsdon Pen from North, back to car park. Then drove to and bagged Lambert's Castle Hill and Colmers Hill. Lovely and sunny with nice breeze. | DanTrig | 22/05/2017 |
Short walk from car park to S, followed by a circuit of the ramparts | Tony J | 18/02/2017 |
Walked up from Broadwindsor, on minor road to Burstock Grange then paths to summit.Return to minor road by Newnham farm to B road. | Buteobuteo | 25/11/2016 |
With Wendy | ijpowell | 25/07/2016 |
TD and C. | This Dog | 20/07/2016 |
Short stroll from car park with A,D and B. Good views. | PeterD | 28/06/2016 |
my etrex10 gps made this exactly same height as Lewesdon hill...both at 280m! 
 
this is, for me, the nicer of the two, easy car park, easy walk up, lovely views | keithelliott | 04/06/2016 |
On LDWA Dorset 100 | MichaelF | 01/05/2016 |
Short stroll from carpark and round the ramparts. | milimana | 14/03/2016 |
The false summit of Dorset! in Strong winds | vegibagger | 29/03/2015 |
Tick with Alex and Alan. | Dugswell2 | 28/03/2015 |
Chucking it down, but 15 minutes later it was beautiful sunshine. | Alex C | 28/03/2015 |
Came up on the trig point baggers weekend with Brisey. | Father Ted | 28/03/2015 |
Climbed from Broadwindsor with Paul. Circular walk via Pilsdon Community and Lewesdon Hill back to Broadwindsor. | Skerryvore | 25/10/2014 |
On walk with Lewesdon Hill(qv)- this is much better. | pwheeler | 26/06/2014 |
I did this as part of a mammoth walk along the Monarchs Way from close to Crewkerne to Cheddington approx. 38 miles. 
Had been to the summit before but couldn't pinpoint the exact date. | derlan | 21/05/2014 |
I was told by a local that they still regard this hill as the true top of Dorset... so I went up it before moving on to Lewesdon Hill. | bolton | 22/03/2014 |
With Suzi | Donpeblo | 08/03/2014 |
With Phoebe | TeasyChris | 16/02/2014 |
With Alf stroll from lay by | mick | 26/08/2013 |
Short climb from car park to south. | citygent | 04/06/2013 |
Climbed at dusk with my Dad. | isabelle summer | 04/01/2013 |
Climbed with my daughter Isabelle from the road. We set off in the gloaming at about 4.15pm. It was a quick up and back and the ground conditions were excellent compared to the Lewesdon Hill. This is the sort of place that would be great for a summer picnic. | isabelle | 04/01/2013 |