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Dogbury Hill

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31: 136: 129: 242:. Its summit area is covered by the Dogmore Plantation and a lane runs over the hill and along the ridge to the southeast, passing close to the summit. There is a bridleway running roughly east to west across its northern flank and along the edge of the plantation. Nearby are the other eminences of 181: 270:
and Dogbury Hill, its actual source being a damp hollow in the steep valley head above Minterne Magna. On the other side of Dogbury is the source of the
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Dogbury Gate (ST669044) is a miniature pass at the head of the Cerne Valley taking the main A352 over to the clay lowlands of the
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View over the countryside near Minterne Magna looking east towards Dogbury Hill
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The area of Minterne, Dogbury Hill and High Stoy was the setting for
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Dogmore Hill rises just a few hundred yards north of the village of
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Elevation
Prominence
Parent peak
Watts Hill
Coordinates
50°50′41.06″N 2°28′48.49″W / 50.8447389°N 2.4801361°W / 50.8447389; -2.4801361
Dogbury Hill is located in Dorset
Dorset
Parent range
Dorset Downs
OS grid
ST660052
Topo map
OS
Dorset
England
hill fort
Minterne Magna
Blackmore Vale
Dorchester
Telegraph Hill
High Stoy
Gore Hill
River Cerne
High Stoy
Caundle Brook
Lydden
Blackmore Vale
Thomas Hardy

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