Dragon Hill, Uffington
| Dragon Hill | |
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 Dragon Hill viewed from the White Horse Hill, Uffington |
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| Elevation | 139 m (456 ft) |
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| Location | Oxfordshire, England |
| Topo map | OS Landranger 194 |
| OS grid | SU300868 |
Dragon Hill is a small hillock immediately below the Uffington White Horse on the border of the civil parishes of Uffington and Woolstone in the English county of Oxfordshire. In 1974 it was transferred from Berkshire.
Dragon Hill is a natural chalk hill with an artificial flat-top (situated on the scarp slope of White Horse Hill), to which clings the legend that it was on its summit that Saint George slew the dragon. A bare patch of chalk upon which no grass will grow is purported to be where the dragon's blood spilled. It has been suggested as some sort of Iron Age ritual site associated with the nearby hill-figure.
It is part of the White Horse group of monuments in the care of the National Trust.
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Looking downhill toward Dragon Hill and The Manger from just below the Uffington White Horse.
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A panoramic view toward Dragon Hill (centre); the White Horse is on the right.
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White Horse Hill and Dragon Hill (right)
[edit] External links
- Royal berkshire History: Dragon Hill
- Uffington White Horse and Dragon Hill (Mysterious Britain & Ireland)
- Improvised music recorded atop Dragon Hill
Coordinates: 51°34′45″N 1°34′06″W / 51.57927°N 1.56846°W
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