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Dunstable Downs

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Dunstable Downs
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Historic County Top (CoH): The highest point within (or sometimes on) the boundary of each county.
Historic - traditional list of counties from which people usually take their local cultural identity. In the UK they were never abolished, they just ceased to have administrative function. In the Republic of Ireland, most of the original counties are still real and important.

County Top: Central Bedfordshire Bedfordshire (CoH) Bedfordshire (CoA)
County: Central Bedfordshire
Classification: Hu,2,CoH,CoU,CoA
Meters/Feet: 243/797
Feature: trig point
Observations: ground 30m ESE at field edge is lower
Survey: Abney level
Parent name (Ma): Wendover Woods [Haddington Hill]
Source: The Database of British and Irish Hills v18.1 (http://www.hills-database.co.uk)
Copyright: Creative Commons License
Notes: The inclusion of a summit on our site may not always mean the hill is accessible. Some summits may be on private land with no public right of way or open access. Landowner permission must be sought before accessing a hill on private land. Access rights in Scotland are separate from the rest of the UK.

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TL 00882 19420

51.864259, -0.536337

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51°51'51.3"N 0°32'10.8"W

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30U 669630 5748810

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The current description for Dunstable Downs includes the following: County Top: Central Bedfordshire Bedfordshire (CoH) Bedfordshire (CoA) County: Central Bedfordshire I think some of this info is incorrect but I'm still getting to grips with all the different combinations of CoU, CoH, CoA and UA. So apologies if I've gotten this completely wrong. I'm in the early stages of the challenge and I'm trying to create myself a simpler list to work from. Starting first with the CoU's of England. So shouldn't the above read: County Top: Central Bedfordshire (CoA) Bedfordshire (CoH) Bedfordshire (CoU) County: Bedfordshire I've found a number of these anomolies so I'm asking about this one first in case I've got it completely wrong. Regards, David

Asked by David Warner

October 03, 2024

Russell Cox

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Hello David. My list list is the Historic county top COH. I got the list from here - you can see the classifications and download your own spreadsheet from the site - its free. https://www.hills-database.co.uk/database_notes.html#classification In my hills the first line of the description is taken form the hill database list called "County Top". A few lines down you can see the actual classifications, which does include CoU. I hope that helps.

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