Dundry Down
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| Dundry Down | |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 223 m (764 ft) |
| Location | Mendip hills, England |
| Prominence | 170 m |
| Parent peak | Beacon Batch |
| Topo map | OS Landrangers 172, 182 |
| OS grid reference | ST553667 |
| Listing | Marilyn |
Dundry Down is a large hill at the northern edge of the Mendip Hills, just south of Bristol, England.
It is composed of oolitic limestone and is 233 m high. The land is open and windswept, and land use is mostly arable, with pasture, woods and some cereal production in the area.
It is a long ridge, running east-west along the southern edge of Bristol. Although not high (230 metres), it visually dominates the surrounding areas—the housing estates of south Bristol to the north and the farmland and villages of the Chew Valley to the south.
The village of Dundry, with its prominent church, is near the summit. At the eastern end is Maes Knoll, near Norton Malreward, an Iron Age hillfort and the start of Wansdyke.
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