Milk Hill
Milk Hill, located near Alton Priors east of Devizes, is the highest point in the county of Wiltshire, southwest England, at some 295 m above sea level. It is the location of the Alton Barnes White Horse.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 965 feet
- Description: hill in Wiltshire, England, UK
Places of Interest
Highlights include Adam’s Grave and Knap Hill.
Adam’s Grave
Archaeological site
Photo: Maurice Pullin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Adam's Grave was a Neolithic long barrow near Alton Barnes in Wiltshire, southwest England. Its remains have been scheduled as an ancient monument. The barrow is considered to be of the Severn-Cotswold tomb type.
Knap Hill
Archaeological site
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Knap Hill lies on the northern rim of the Vale of Pewsey, in northern Wiltshire, England, about a mile north of the village of Alton Priors. At the top of the hill is a causewayed enclosure, a form of Neolithic earthwork that was constructed in England from about 3700 BC onwards, characterized by the full or partial enclosure of an area with ditches that are interrupted by gaps, or causeways.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alton Priors and Alton Barnes.
Alton Priors
Village
Photo: Kevin Farmer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alton is a civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The parish includes the adjacent villages of Alton Barnes and Alton Priors, and the nearby hamlet of Honeystreet on the Kennet and Avon Canal.
Alton Barnes
Village
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alton is a civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The parish includes the adjacent villages of Alton Barnes and Alton Priors, and the nearby hamlet of Honeystreet on the Kennet and Avon Canal.
Woodborough
Village
Photo: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Woodborough is a small village and civil parish in the Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire, England, about 3.5 miles west of Pewsey.
Milk Hill
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Stanton St. Bernard, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.37849° or 51° 22′ 43″ northLongitude
-1.85216° or 1° 51′ 8″ westElevation
965 feet (294 metres)Open location code
9C3W94HX+94OpenStreetMap ID
node 289330749OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Latin—“Milk Hill” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Milk Hill”
- Latin: “Milk Hill”
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