Hillfort and later strip lynchets on Dungeon Hill, 500m north of Castle Hill Cottages
8 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
50.86536, -2.44154
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blue Tit +51 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blue Tit +51 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Small White +29 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeListed length 207km
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Strip lynchets on Dungeon Hill
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Wildlife to spot
3,497 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,497 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Wren · Robin · Blue Tit +38
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RavenCorvus corax
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Roe Deer · Rabbit · Brown Hare
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper · Small White · Red Admiral +3
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,497 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Wren · Robin · Blue Tit +38
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RavenCorvus corax
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Roe Deer · Rabbit · Brown Hare
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper · Small White · Red Admiral +3
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas