Hollybush Hill
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| Hollybush Hill | |||
| Herefordshire, Worcestershire | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Midsummer Hill and Hollybush Quarry from Ragged Stone Hill | |||
| Range: | Malvern Hills | ||
| Summit: | 794 feet SO760375 52°2’6"N, 2°20’60"W | ||
Hollybush Hill is in the southern part of Malvern Hills, which runs in a ridge for approximately eight miles north-south along and close to the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border. Hollybush Hill itself lies to the east of Midsummer Hill, with the county border running across it. Its summit reaches 794 feet above sea level.
Hill fort
Hollybush Hill is the site of an Iron Age hill fort which spans Hollybush Hill and Midsummer Hill. The hill fort is protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument and is owned by Natural England. It can be accessed by a footpath which leads south from the car park at British Camp on the A449 or a footpath which heads north from the car park in Hollybush on the A438.[1]
Outside links
References
- ↑ Children, G Nash, G (1994) Prehistoric Sites of Herefordshire Logaston Press ISBN 1-873827-09-1
Books
- Bowden, Mark; Field, David; Winton, Helen (2005). The Malvern Hills: an ancient landscape. English Heritage. ISBN 1873592825.
- Children, George; Nash, George (1994). Prehistoric Sites of Herefordshire. Logaston Press. ISBN 1873827091.
- Smart, Mike (2009). Malvern Hills. Frances Lincoln ltd. pp. 15. ISBN 0711229155.