Dean Hill

Dean Hill is a peak in Studland, Purbeck District, England and has an elevation of 381 feet. Dean Hill is situated nearby to the locality Giant’s Grave Bottom, as well as near Black Down.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ballard Down and Agglestone Rock.

Ballard Down

Peak

Photo: Phil Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ballard Down is an area of chalk downland on the Purbeck Hills in the English county of Dorset. The hills meet the English Channel here, and Ballard Down forms a headland, Ballard Point, between Studland Bay to the north and Swanage Bay to the south.

Agglestone Rock

Agglestone Rock, also known as the Devil's Anvil, is a sandstone block of about 400 tonnes weight, perched on a conical hill, approximately 1-mile from the village of Studland, south Dorset.

Fort Henry

Photo: Stevekraken, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Fort Henry is a Grade II listed World War Two observation bunker overlooking Studland Bay, in Dorset. It was built in 1943 to defend the bay from possible German invasion along with other beach defences such as gun emplacements, Type 25 pill boxes and concrete Dragon’s Teeth anti-tank obstacles.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nine Barrow Down and Herston.

Nine Barrow Down

Locality

Photo: StephenDawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Nine Barrow Down is an elongated hill forming the northern ridge of the Purbeck Hills on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England. The chalk down is part of the extensive Southern England Chalk Formation.

Herston

Neighborhood

Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Herston is a western suburb of the town of Swanage, in Dorset, England. It has its own railway station – Herston Halt railway station Near Corfe Castle – on the Swanage Railway.