Waddon Hill

Waddon Hill
Waddon Hill Viewed from Waddon Way, near its junction with Yellow Lane
Highest point
Elevation	207 m (679 ft)[1]
Prominence	35 m (115 ft)[1]
Parent peak	Lewesdon Hill[1]
Geography
Location	Marshwood Vale, Dorset
OS grid	ST448015
Topo map	OS Explorer 193

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Waddon Hill shown within Dorset
(grid reference ST447015)

Waddon Hill is a hill and the site of a short-lived Roman fort near Beaminster, in the English county of Dorset. The name Waddon is from the Old English, meaning wheat hill.

The Wessex Ridgeway passes to the north of the hill summit and Roman fort. The B3162 road passes close to the western end of the hill. Lewesdon Hill is about 0.6 miles (1 km) to the west.

There is no public right of way on the summit of Waddon Hill, although local people often walked on the hill for centuries, until a change of ownership in the 21st century, and the need to protect the site from illegal detecting.^{[clarification needed]}