Dunkery Hill, Porlock

Name: Dunkery Hill
Address: Porlock, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Porlock

Top attraction, Archaeological site

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Dunkery Beacon at the summit of Dunkery Hill is the highest point on Exmoor and in Somerset, England. It is also the highest point in southern England outside of Dartmoor. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 1705 ftProminence: 1358 ftCoordinates: 51°9'46"N, 3°35'13"W

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Porlock United Kingdom

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Dunkery Hill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Coleridge Way, Church of St Dubricius, Dovery Manor Museum, Stoke Pero Church.

3.2 miN
Hiking, Hiking trail
Coleridge Way, Porlock
82 min walk • The Coleridge Way is a 51-mile footpath in Somerset and Devon, England. It was opened in April 2005, and the route links several sites associated with the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge starting from Coleridge Cottage at Nether Stowey.
3.2 miN
Church
Church of St Dubricius, Porlock
81 min walk • The Church of St Dubricius in Porlock, Somerset, England dates from the 13th century. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building. The dedication is to Dubricius, a 6th-century Briton ecclesiastic venerated as a saint and may indicate he travelled to the area.
3.2 miN
History museum, Museum
Dovery Manor Museum, Porlock
82 min walk • Dovery Manor Museum, also known as Porlock Museum, is a local museum in Porlock, Somerset, England. The building was built as a Manor house in the late 15th century and extended in the 17th century.
1.4 miNW
Church
Stoke Pero Church, Exmoor National Park
37 min walk • Stoke Pero Church in Stoke Pero, Somerset, England was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building. Standing 1013 feet above sea level, it is the highest church on Exmoor.
3.1 miSW
Forts and castles
Road Castle, Exmoor National Park
78 min walk • Road Castle is an Iron Age bank and ditch in the West Somerset district of Somerset, England. The hill fort is situated approximately 2 miles west from the village of Winsford.
3.4 miNW
Archaeological site
Porlock Stone Circle, Exmoor National Park
88 min walk • Porlock Stone Circle is a stone circle located on Exmoor, near the village of Porlock in the south-western English county of Somerset.
2.8 miSW
Church
Church of St Mary Magdelene, Exmoor National Park
73 min walk • The Anglican Church of St Mary Magdelene in Exford, Somerset, England was built in the 15th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
0.6 miN
Forts and castles
Sweetworthy, Exmoor National Park
16 min walk • Sweetworthy is the site of two Iron Age hill forts or enclosures at Luccombe, 4 kilometres south of Porlock, Somerset, England. They are on the north-facing slope of Dunkery Hill. One has a single rampart and external ditch, enclosing 0.25 hectares. The rampart is still visible and the ditch on the east side is used as a trackway.
2.7 miSE
Church
Church of St Petrock, Exmoor National Park
69 min walk • The Church of St Petrock in Timberscombe, Somerset, England has a 15th-century tower, the rest of the building dating from 1708. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.
3 miW
Archaeological site
Almsworthy Common, Exmoor National Park
77 min walk • Almsworthy Common is a small area of unenclosed land in Exmoor, south-western England. It contains a number of archaeological sites.
3.4 miW
Memorial
Alderman's Barrow, Exmoor National Park
88 min walk • Alderman's Barrow is a bowl barrow on Exmoor. It was created as a burial chamber in the Bronze Age and subsequently became a marker for the boundary of the parishes of Exford, Exmoor, Luccombe and Porlock. It was known as Osmunesburgh in the 13th century, Owlaman's Burrow in the...