Overton Hill map

Overton Hill

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176 m

Elevation

Elevation is the altitude of a place
above sea level.

2 m

Prominence

Peak’s prominence is the least
vertical to be covered to get from the
summit to any other higher terrain.

Proportional Prominence 3 m

About

Overton Hill is a 571 ft (174 m) hill at the southern edge of the Marlborough Downs in Wiltshire, England. It lies just west of the village of West Overton and about 4 miles (6 km) west from the town of Marlborough. The A4 road passes close to the north, and to the south is the River Kennet.

The hill is notable for being the start point of the Ridgeway National Trail, which follows an ancient trackway. There several scheduled archaeological sites including several round barrows (burial mounds) on it, and the site of an Iron Age wooden circle known as The Sanctuary, indicating human activity for thousands of years. The hill is part of the Avebury section of the Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site.

There's a trail called Ridge Way leading to the summit. Overton Hill is one of the 4 peaks along the multi-day The Ridgeway.

By elevation Overton Hill is

# 3 out of 7 in Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites WHS

By prominence Overton Hill is

# 4 out of 7 in Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites WHS