St Catherine's Hill 239m hill, South-East England & the Isle of Wight Isle of Wight Ireland at MountainViews.ie

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South-East England & the Isle of Wight Area , Isle of Wight Subarea

Feature count in area: 36, by county: Windsor and Maidenhead (UA): 1, : 30, Sussex, West (CoH) West Sussex (CoA) Wes: 1, Berkshire (CoH) Berkshire (CoA) West Ber: 1, Isle of Wight (CoH) Isle of Wight (CoA): 1, Surrey (CoH) Surrey (CoA) Surrey (CoU): 1, Sussex, East (CoH) East Sussex (CoA) Eas: 1,
Highest Place: Walbury Hill 297m

Starting Places in area South-East England & the Isle of Wight:

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Summits & other features in area South-East England & the Isle of Wight:
Ashley Hill 145m, Bedham Hill 155m, Black Down 280m, Gibbet Hill 272m, Telegraph Hill 207m, Walbury Hill 297m, Wheatham Hill 249m
High Weald: Crowborough 242m, North's Seat 175m
Isle of Wight: Arreton Down 135m, Bembridge Down 104m, Brighstone Down 214m, St Boniface Down 241m, St Catherine's Hill 239m, Tennyson Down 147m
North Downs: Botley Hill 269.6m, Cheriton Hill 188m, Detling Hill [North Downs] 200m, Dunley Hill 227m, Holmbury Hill 261m, Leith Hill 295m, Reigate Hill 235m, Toy's Hill 248m, Wrotham Hill 235m
South Downs: Butser Hill 270m, Chanctonbury Ring [Chanctonbury Hill] 240m, Cliffe Hill 164m, Devil's Dyke 217m, Ditchling Beacon 248m, Firle Beacon 217m, Kithurst Hill 213m, Linch Down 248m, Littleton Down 255m, Newmarket Hill 200m, Willingdon Hill 201m, Wilmington Hill 214m

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St Catherine's Hill, 239m Hill

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Grid Reference SZ49388 77267, OS 1:50k mapsheet 196
Place visited by: 2 members, recently by: IainT, Fergalh

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Longitude: -1.303619, Latitude: 50.593034, Easting: 449388, Northing: 77267, Prominence: 127m, Isolation: 7.6km
ITM: 073874 448045, Short or GPS IDs, 6 char: StCthr, 10 char: StCthrnsHl

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Summary for St Catherine's Hill : St. Catherine's Oratory

Summary created by Fergalh 2020-10-19 19:33:27

MountainViews.ie picture about St Catherine's Hill — Picture: *The Pepperpot*

At the top of the hill is St. Catherine's Oratory (known locally as the pepperpot"), which is a stone lighthouse built in the 14th century by Walter De Godeton. It is the second oldest, and only surviving, medieval lighthouse in the British Islands: only the Roman lighthouse at Dover is older.

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Member Comments for St Catherine's Hill

Short and steep but worth the climb

by Fergalh 19 Oct 2020

From Car park to south a short but steep climb up to the Oratory at the top Impressive views of the island normally but was misty when I was here unfortunately. Very impressive building in the mist when climbing, this is the southern most point of the island. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/B5440/comment/20996/

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