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Sidown Hill

Sidown Hill
View from Watership Down across to the wooded Sidown Hill, just beyond Beacon Hill.
Highest point
Elevation266 m (873 ft)[1]
Prominence34 m (112 ft)[1]
Parent peakWalbury Hill[1]
Coordinates51°18′52″N 1°21′41″W / 51.3144°N 1.36143°W / 51.3144; -1.36143
Geography
Map
LocationHighclere, Hampshire, England
Parent rangeNorth Hampshire Downs
OS gridSU444573
Topo mapOS Landranger

At 255 metres (837 ft), Sidown Hill is the third highest hill in the county of Hampshire, England.

At the summit is a mid-18th century Grade II listed building known as Heaven's Gate which is hidden by the trees covering the top of the hill.[2]

The hill is on the watershed of the Hampshire Basin and forms part of the Hampshire Downs. [3] To the east is Beacon Hill (261 metres (856 ft)).

On 5 May 1945 a USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress of 326th Bombardment Squadron crashed on Sidown Hill with the loss of six of its crew of seven.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Summit Listings by Relative Height by Jonathan de Ferranti. Accessed on 2 Apr 2013.
  2. ^ Heaven's Gate, Highclere at www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Accessed on 2 Apr 2013.
  3. ^ Varley, Telford (1922). Hampshire, Cambridge County Geographies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2013 paperback edition, pp. 24/25. ISBN 978-1-107-62028-5.
  4. ^ "Downton Abbey: The sole survivor of a stately home air disaster". BBC News. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.


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