Bulbarrow Hill in Dorset

Tuesday, 10 April 2018

Bulbarrow Hill

Bulbarrow Hill is probably the best known hill in Dorset. It is a chalk hill site of an Iron Age hill fort - the name comes from barrows or burial mounds on the hill.

Standing at 274m (899ft) high and giving the longest view in Dorset, over five counties.

Bulbarrow Hill is the second highest point in Dorset and is a very popular beauty spot. The chalk hill is part of the scarp of Dorset Downs, which form the western end of the Southern England Chalk Formation.

Bulbarrow Hill and Balmers Coombe Bottom, looking west from the footpath to Rawlsbury Camp