Topo map OS Landranger 150 Easiest route Hiking Prominence 337 m Parent peak Worcestershire Beacon | Mountain type Igneous, Metamorphic Elevation 373 m Age of rock Precambrian Location Malvern Hills, England | |
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Similar Sugarloaf Hill - Malvern, North Hill - Malvern, Worcestershire Beacon, Pinnacle Hill, Jubilee Hill | ||
Table Hill is situated in the range of Malvern Hills that runs about 13 kilometres (8 mi) north-south along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border. It lies between North Hill and Sugarloaf Hill and has an elevation of 373 metres (1,224 ft).
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Map of Table Hill, Malvern, UK
HistoryEdit
Although the flint route from North Wales to Wessex lay to the north of Malvern, there is some evidence to suggest that traders passed over the Malvern Hills. Parts of an arrowhead, a scraper and flint flakes have been discovered between North Hill and Table Hill. A 19th-century guidebook describes both a collapsed burial mound on North Hill, named the Giant's Grave, and a tump on Table Hill. These tumuli may have been connected to the Dobunni settlement in Mathon:
Upon the Table Hill you will perceive the figure of a large table, whence the name is derived. In the centre is a cross, of the same size as that by the Giant's Grave, upon North Hill.