Eggardon Hill - Added to Iconic Landscapes and Ancient Sites in West Dorset, South West

I have just added this to the map of places to fly your drone at Drone Scene:

Eggardon Hill is located on chalk uplands approximately four miles to the east of the town of Bridport. It has panoramic views as far as the coast, and is an Iron Age hill fort dating back more than 2500 years. It also has 2 Bronze Age burial mounds on its summit.

The smuggler Isaac Gulliver (1745-1822) (who owned Eggardon Hill Farm) is reputed to have planted a stand of pine trees on Eggardon Hill, to provide an aid to navigation for his ships as they approached the Dorset coast. Although the trees were later felled on government orders, the octagonal earthworks used to protect them from the elements is still visible today and marked on Ordnance Survey maps of the area

The southern half of the hill is National Trust land

The originator declared that this location was not inside a Flight Restriction Zone at the time of being flown on 02/06/2025. It remains the responsibility of any pilot to check for any changes before flying at the same location. Landowner permission may be required before taking off.

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