At 255 metres (837 ft), Sidown Hill is the third highest hill in the county of Hampshire, England.

At the summit is a mid-18th century Grade II listed building known as Heaven's Gate which is hidden by the trees covering the top of the hill.[2]

The hill is on the watershed of the Hampshire Basin and forms part of the Hampshire Downs. [3] To the east is Beacon Hill (261 metres (856 ft)).

On 5 May 1945 a USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress of 326th Bombardment Squadron crashed on Sidown Hill with the loss of six of its crew of seven.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Summit Listings by Relative Height by Jonathan de Ferranti. Accessed on 2 Apr 2013.
  2. ^ Heaven's Gate, Highclere at www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Accessed on 2 Apr 2013.
  3. ^ Varley, Telford (1922). Hampshire, Cambridge County Geographies, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2013 paperback edition, pp. 24/25. ISBN 978-1-107-62028-5.
  4. ^ "Downton Abbey: The sole survivor of a stately home air disaster". BBC News. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidown_Hill
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