Name: | Ball Hill |
Hill number: | 18003 |
Height: | 251m / 823ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2896 Lewesdon Hill |
County/UA: | Dorset |
Topographical area: | ES05 Staple-lewesdon |
SMC/RHB section: | 41: South Central England |
Catchment: | Avon & Stour, Catchment Boundaries, Piddle & Frome |
Class: | Tump (200-299m) (Tu,2) |
Grid ref: | ST 72128 03474 |
Summit feature: | no feature: pasture |
Drop: | 74m |
Col: | 177m ST728031 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 194 (1:25k) 117E |
Observations: | flat summit area |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 29 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
From folly farm. Verymuddy track. | cjo | 24/07/2023 |
Climbed whilst in the area, parked at Folly Farm. Good track to summit area; HP could be anywhere. | Minto | 05/07/2023 |
From Folly Farm after Lyscombe Hill. We met the farmer and his wife, and dogs on the RoW - very friendly but we decided to be prudent and walk to Watcombe Wood, a place they liked very much. We returned and bagged the undistinguished HP about 10 mins after meeting them. With Pete. | pwheeler | 04/06/2023 |
From Folly farm after visit to Lyscombe hill first, up BW, through two gates and a 3rd led into HP field. | PeterD | 04/05/2023 |
Solo(comma) run(comma) on way to mum and dads for Christmas | Fidget | 24/12/2022 |
After Lyscombe. Steep descent and renascent to similar empty parched field vacated by cattle. Just one more climb up to Giants Head Campsite 54km day 5 tops | fasgadh | 01/09/2022 |
ROW from Folly, then through open gate into summit field. | PGCE | 29/01/2021 |
From the recommended Giant's Head campsite om the Wessex Ridgeway. Summit indistinct in domed grassy field with hazy downland views on a warm breezy day. | Denise | 19/09/2020 |
Levelish cow pasture with easy access from bridleway via open field gate at SE corner of summit field. Slight rise at hedge line to E very similar height. | RichardM | 19/09/2020 |
Easy parking in a layby at Folly. ROW up to flattish pasture top. Then back down ROW & over to Lyscombe Hill. | fosal29 | 22/11/2019 |
06.45 up track from SE Colin thin must with trees shedding dew like rain. | vegibagger | 26/08/2019 |
Pleasant cicuit of 3 tumps: Watts, Bookham and Ball Hills. This one just N of the Wessex Ridgeway, in a pasture. | jonglew | 11/10/2015 |
From S, easy parking. Pasture near path. A lot of muck spreading traffic today | RHW | 04/10/2015 |
Cattle pasture | Adrian | 23/08/2015 |
2/2 climbed after Lyscombe hill not far climb really | Fergalh | 20/08/2015 |
Bagged with Alex and Smudge after Lyscombe Hill. | Dugswell2 | 27/03/2015 |
From Dugswell's chariot tethered N of Folly cottage. HP probably in western field. | Smudge | 27/03/2015 |
Parked at Folly and climbed with Lyscombe Hill. I turned right off the track on the top of the hill. I took the summit to be a small rise at ST72130 03471. I visited other rises but this looked the highest but it was difficult to tell in the low angled sunlight at the end of the day. There must have been a pheasant shoot close by as the guns were non stop and very close. | isabelle | 31/01/2014 |
With: pr sj; Simon & I came over from Somerset and met Pete and walked near Cern Abbas finishing in Piddletrenthide. Date is approximate. | Ian Baines | 17/02/1980 |
From east at Folly | Mark Sims | blank |
Mark Jackson | 13/04/2024 | |
Martin R | 07/09/2023 | |
Swindon Bagger | 14/02/2020 | |
carole engel | 22/02/2018 | |
stevent0809 | 15/10/2017 | |
Colin Crawford | 22/07/2017 | |
Felltrekker | 28/05/2016 | |
Alex C | 27/03/2015 | |
David Purchase | 10/10/1999 |