# Bulbarrow Hill

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**Bulbarrow Hill** is a 274 metres (899 ft) hill near [Woolland](/source/Woolland), five miles west of [Blandford Forum](/source/Blandford_Forum) and 10 miles (16 km) north of [Dorchester](/source/Dorchester,_Dorset) in [Dorset](/source/Dorset), [England](/source/England). The [chalk](/source/Chalk) hill is part of the [scarp](/source/Escarpment) of [Dorset Downs](/source/Dorset_Downs), which form the western end of the [Southern England Chalk Formation](/source/Southern_England_Chalk_Formation). Part of the hill is used for [arable](/source/Arable_land) [agriculture](/source/Agriculture), but most is [calcareous grassland](/source/Calcareous_grassland). The hill overlooks the [Blackmore Vale](/source/Blackmore_Vale), and offers views of Dorset, [Somerset](/source/Somerset), [Wiltshire](/source/Wiltshire) and [Devon](/source/Devon).

Rawlsbury Camp, a five [acre](/source/Acre) [Iron Age](/source/Iron_Age) [hill fort](/source/Hill_fort), is situated on a promontory of the hill. Little remains of the camp except the twin embankments and intermediate ditch which surrounded it. The hill gets its name from the several [barrows](/source/Tumulus) that adorn the hill. Additionally, a [medieval](/source/Medieval) [trackway](/source/Trackway) crosses the ridge.

The hill is a popular launch site for paragliders. The TV presenter [Jack Hargreaves](/source/Jack_Hargreaves) who died in 1994 had his ashes spread on Bulbarrow Hill above his home, Raven Cottage.

Bulbarrow Hill features heavily in the song [Third Track Main Camera Four Minutes](/source/Third_Track_Main_Camera_Four_Minutes) by the indie band [Half Man Half Biscuit](/source/Half_Man_Half_Biscuit).

## Radio towers

Bulbarrow Hill has been used for radio towers since 1942. In 1942, the RAF installed a [Gee station](/source/Gee_(navigation)) there as the master of the "southern" Gee chain. This station had wooden masts. the Gee station was used until 1957. The USAF then used the site together with a site at [Ringstead](/source/RAF_Ringstead). As of 2016, the site is used for telecommunication masts.[1] The twin [radio transmitter](/source/Radio_transmitter) towers are used by the emergency services.[citation needed]

## References

1. ["Dorset Aviation past and present"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180408073314/https://www.aerosociety.com/Assets/Docs/About_Us/Branches/Dorset%20Aviation%20Past%20and%20Present.pdf). Royal Aeronautical Society, Christchurch Branch. 2016. p. 27. Archived from [the original](https://www.aerosociety.com/Assets/Docs/About_Us/Branches/Dorset%20Aviation%20Past%20and%20Present.pdf) on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 2018-04-07.

## External links

- [The Megalithic Portal: Rawlsbury Camp](http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=4643)

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