Bowcombe Down
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| Bowcombe Down | |||
| Hampshire | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Scenery at Bowcombe Down, Isle of Wight, England.jpg | |||
| Isle of Wight | |||
| Summit: | 440 feet SZ467875 50°41’8"N, 1°20’25"W | ||
Bowcombe Down is a broad hill rising to 440 feet above sea level extending in a gentle ridge north-east to south-west between Carisbrooke and Bowcombe on the Isle of Wight in Hampshire.
The down is home to a listed historical site that contains a Bronze Age barrow and an Anglo-Saxon cemetery, which together are a scheduled ancoent monument.[1]
The start of the Tennyson Trail as it leaves Carisbrooke westwards climbs up Bowcombe Down.
Outside links
- Bowcombe Down Walk: Hiiker Apps
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1015624: A Bronze Age barrow and Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Bowcombe Down, south-east of Apesdown (Scheduled ancient monument entry)