Summit Feature: Triangulation pillar with 487.597m flush bracket height on summit area. Land at or near to summit is also named The Chains on Ordnance Survey maps. Also recorded on Ordnance Survey maps as Exe Head Hill (OS Draft Surveyor's map) and Ex Head Hill (OS 'Ol
Classification: Hill Trigpoint, Befour, Britfour, Clem, Notable, Four, P30 Tump.
OS Grid Ref: SS734419 (10 figure Grid Ref: SS7345741904).
The original GR data for this hill was only accurate to a 6 figure grid reference (c.a 100m).
We have used additional user / trigpoint data to bring it up to 10 figures.
UK Area: 41 - South Central England (OS Maps 180)
Latitude: 51.1623539, Longitude: -3.8110882, Height: 487.1 metres (1598 feet)
Prominence: 65.3 metres (214 feet)
Unique Waypoint POI Name: 0487.- (DoBIH Hill ID: 17920)
Associated Trigpoint:
TP1371 'Chains Barrow' Grid Ref: SS7345741904 Separation: 57m from Hill grid ref.
External Links for Chains Barrow:
-GeoHack link...
-OS Map Bing link...
-Google Map link...
-Geograph link...
-Chains Barrow on hill-bagging.co.uk...
-Chains Barrow on trigpointinguk.com...
Data courtesy of Myrddyn Phillips and Aled Williams
Selected mapping: Google or Bing / Ordnance Survey
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* The waypoint data in italics is only accurate to a 6 fig grid reference. Click here to learn how to help improve it.
Data courtesy of Myrddyn Phillips and Aled Williams