Monkham Hill
Monkham Hill is a hill in Withycombe, West Somerset District, England and has an elevation of 1,253 feet. Monkham Hill is situated nearby to the village Luxborough, as well as near the hamlet Churchtown.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rodhuish Common and Chargot House.
Rodhuish Common
Heath
Photo: Barbara Cook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rodhuish Common is a univallate Iron Age hill fort in the county of Somerset, England. There is a small oval enclosure which is thought to be of Iron Age date.
Bat’s Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Chris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bats Castle is an Iron Age hillfort at the top of a 213 metres high hill in the parish of Carhampton south south west of Dunster in Somerset, England. Though clearly shown on the 1902 Ordnance Survey 25 inch map, the site was "identified" in 1983 after some schoolboys found eight silver-plated coins dating from 102BC to AD350. Bat’s Castle is situated 1½ miles north of Monkham Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Luxborough and Carhampton.
Luxborough
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Luxborough is a small village and civil parish located some 6 miles south of Dunster, lying amongst the Brendon Hills and the Exmoor National Park in Somerset, England.
Carhampton
Village
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carhampton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, 4 miles to the east of Minehead. Carhampton civil parish stretches from the Bristol Channel coast inland to Exmoor. The parish has a population of 865. Carhampton is situated 2½ miles northeast of Monkham Hill.
Treborough
Hamlet
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Treborough is a small village and civil parish 7 miles south of Dunster, lying amongst the Brendon Hills within the Exmoor National Park in Somerset, England. Treborough is situated 2½ miles southeast of Monkham Hill.
Monkham Hill
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 1,253 feet
- Also known as: “Withycombe Common”
- Category: landform
- Location: Withycombe, West Somerset District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.14444° or 51° 8′ 40″ northLongitude
-3.44929° or 3° 26′ 57″ westElevation
1,253 feet (382 metres)Open location code
9C3R4HV2+Q7GeoNames ID
12609571
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Localities in the Area
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