Bulbarrow Hill

Bulbarrow Hill
Bulbarrow Hill and Balmers Coombe Bottom, looking east from the footpath to Rawlsbury Camp
Highest point
Elevation274 m (899 ft)
Prominence141 m (463 ft)
Parent peakLewesdon Hill
ListingHuMP, sub-Marilyn
Geography
Map
LocationDorset, England
Parent rangeDorset Downs
OS gridST779056
Topo mapOS Landranger 194
Explorer 117E

Bulbarrow Hill is a 274 metres (899 ft) hill near Woolland, five miles west of Blandford Forum and ten miles (16 km) north of Dorchester in Dorset, England. The chalk hill is part of the scarp of Dorset Downs, which form the western end of the Southern England Chalk Formation. Part of the hill is used for arable agriculture, but most is calcareous grassland. The hill overlooks the Blackmore Vale, and offers views of Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire and Devon.

Rawlsbury Camp, a five acre Iron Age hill fort, is situated on a promontory of the hill. Little remains of the camp except the twin embankments and intermediate ditch which surrounded it. The hill gets its name from the several barrows that adorn the hill. Additionally, a medieval trackway crosses the ridge.

The hill is a popular launch site for paragliders.

3D view of the digital terrain model

The TV presenter Jack Hargreaves who died in 1994 had his ashes spread on Bulbarrow Hill above his home, Raven Cottage.