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| − | '''Table Hill''' is in the range of [[Malvern Hills]] that runs approximately 8 miles north-south along the [[Herefordshire]]-[[Worcestershire]] border. Table Hill | + | '''Table Hill''' is in the range of [[Malvern Hills]] that runs approximately 8 miles north-south along and by the [[Herefordshire]]-[[Worcestershire]] border. Table Hill is in the northern part of the range, on the western side of the ridge where it is broad but wholly within [[Worcestershire]], as the county boundary departs from the ridge of the hills for a while to the north at [[End Hill]] and heads west to encompass both sides of the range in Worcestershire's bounds. |
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| + | Table Hill lies between [[North Hill, Malvern|North Hill]] and [[Sugarloaf Hill, Malvern|Sugarloaf Hill]] and reaches a height of 1,224 feet. | ||
==Historical interest== | ==Historical interest== | ||
Revision as of 19:07, 31 March 2012
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| Range: | Malvern Hills | ||
| Summit: | 1,224 feet SO766464 | ||
Table Hill is in the range of Malvern Hills that runs approximately 8 miles north-south along and by the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border. Table Hill is in the northern part of the range, on the western side of the ridge where it is broad but wholly within Worcestershire, as the county boundary departs from the ridge of the hills for a while to the north at End Hill and heads west to encompass both sides of the range in Worcestershire's bounds.
Table Hill lies between North Hill and Sugarloaf Hill and reaches a height of 1,224 feet.
Historical interest
The ancient flint route from Snowdonia to the West Country lay to the north of Malvern, but flint-bearing men, maybe traders, passed over the Malvern Hills. Parts of an arrowhead, a scraper and flint flakes have been discovered between North Hill and Table Hill.
A 19th-century guidebook describes both a collapsed burial mound on North Hill, named the Giant's Grave, and a tump on Table Hill. These tumuli may have been connected to the Dobunni settlement in Mathon (Worcestershire):[1]
Upon the Table Hill you will perceive the figure of a large table, whence the name is derived. In the centre is a cross, of the same size as that by the Giant's Grave, upon North Hill.[2]
References
- ↑ Smith, B.S: 1978 A History of Malvern Allan Sutton and The Malvern Bookshop ISBN 0904387313
- ↑ Southall, M: 1882 A Description of Malvern and its Concomitants
