| Dundry Down | |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 223 m (764 ft) |
| Location | Mendip hills, England |
| Prominence | 170 m |
| Parent peak | Beacon Batch |
| Topo map | OS Landrangers 172, 182 |
| OS grid reference | ST553667 |
| Listing | Marilyn |
Dundry Down is a large hill at the northern edge of the Mendip Hills, just south of Bristol, England. In topography a summit is a point on a surface which is higher in Elevation than all points immediately adjacent to The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The Mendip Hills (commonly called The Mendips) are a range of Limestone hills situated to the south of Bristol and Bath in Somerset England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Beacon Batch is the highest point in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, south-western England. A topographic map is a type of Map characterized by large-scale detail and quantitative representation of relief, usually using Contour lines in modern Ordnance Survey (OS is an Executive agency of the United Kingdom government The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude There are many notable lists of mountains around the world Typically a list of mountains becomes notable by first being listed or defined by an author or group (e A Marilyn is a type of Mountain or Hill in Great Britain, Ireland or surrounding islands with a relative height of at least 150 metres The Mendip Hills (commonly called The Mendips) are a range of Limestone hills situated to the south of Bristol and Bath in Somerset Bristol ( ˈbrɪstəl is a city, Unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, west of London England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
It is composed of oolitic limestone and is 233 m high. Oolite ( egg stone) is a Sedimentary rock formed from Ooids spherical grains composed of concentric layers The land is open and windswept, and land use is mostly arable, with pasture, woods and some cereal production in the area.
It is a long ridge, running east-west along the southern edge of Bristol. Although not high (230 metres), it visually dominates the surrounding areas—the housing estates of south Bristol to the north and the farmland and villages of the Chew Valley to the south. The Chew Valley is an area in North Somerset, England named after the River Chew, which rises at Chewton Mendip, and joins the River Avon
The village of Dundry, with its prominent church, is near the summit. Dundry is a Village and Civil parish, situated on Dundry Hill in the northern part of the Mendip Hills, between Bristol At the eastern end is Maes Knoll, near Norton Malreward, an Iron Age hillfort and the start of Wansdyke. Maes Knoll (sometimes Maes Tump) is an Iron Age Hillfort located south of the English city of Bristol, near the village of Norton Malreward ( is a small village 4 miles south of Bristol at the northern edge of the Chew Valley. A hill fort is a fortified refuge or defended settlement Wansdyke (from Woden 's Dyke) is an early medieval series of defensive linear earthworks in the West Country of England,
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