Sidown Hill
From Wikishire
| Sidown Hill | |||
| Hampshire | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Watership Down across to Sidown Hill | |||
| Range: | Hampshire Downs | ||
| Summit: | 873 feet SU444573 51°18’52"N, 1°21’41"W | ||
Sidown Hill is a hill of 837 feet in the north of Hampshire, amongst the Hampshire Downs.
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.[1]
The hill is on the watershed of the Hampshire Basin.[2] To the east is Beacon Hill (856 feet).
On 5 May 1945 a United States Army Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress of 326th Bombardment Squadron crashed on Sidown Hill with the loss of six of its crew of seven.[3]
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1339737: Heaven's Gate, Highclere (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ Varley, Telford (1922). Hampshire, Cambridge County Geographies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2013 paperback edition, pp. 24/25. ISBN 978-1-107-62028-5.
- ↑ "Downton Abbey: The sole survivor of a stately home air disaster". BBC News. 2 December 2018. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-45989943.
