Burrough Hill
Burrough Hill is an Iron Age hillfort in Burrough on the Hill, 7 miles south of Melton Mowbray in the English county of Leicestershire. Situated on a promontory about 210 metres above sea level, the site commands views over the surrounding countryside for miles around.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Nev1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 689 feet
- Description: Iron Age hill fort in Leicestershire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Burrough Iron Age hill fort”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Mary the Virgin and Church of St James, Little Dalby.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burrough on the Hill and Burrough Court.
Burrough on the Hill
Village
Photo: Kev747, Public domain.
Burrough-on-the Hill is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Somerby, in the Melton district, in the county of Leicestershire, England.
Burrough Court
Locality
Burrough Court is a former stately home in Burrough on the Hill near Melton Mowbray in the East Midlands, England. Burrough Court was once the site of a large country house of which today only the stable yard, chauffeur's and grooms' quarters remain.
Pickwell
Village
Photo: Roger Templeman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pickwell is a small, hill-crest village 5 miles south-east of Melton Mowbray in the Melton district, in Leicestershire which used to have an ecclesiastical parish of its own and is since the early 20th century has been in the civil parish and Church of England parish of Somerby which is 0.5 miles to the SSW, connected by an almost straight lane.
Burrough Hill
- Categories: archaeological site, promontory fort, and landform
- Location: Somerby, Melton District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.69908° or 52° 41′ 57″ northLongitude
-0.87448° or 0° 52′ 28″ westElevation
689 feet (210 metres)Open location code
9C4XM4XG+J6OpenStreetMap ID
node 1216728929OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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