Juicetrump Hill is a hill around half a mile north of
Belchford
Belchford is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated approximately north of Horncastle and just to the east of the A153. At the 2011 Census, the population of the parish was ...
and 4.5 miles north-east of
Horncastle in
Lincolnshire, UK within the
Lincolnshire Wolds. The summit elevation is 124 m (407 ft) and it forms part of the slightly higher Park Hill with its summit of 140m just to the north-east. The
Database of British and Irish Hills records Park Hill as having a height of , and a
topographic prominence (drop) of , and being a
TuMP
The mountains and hills of the British Isles are categorised into various lists based on different combinations of elevation, prominence, and other criteria such as isolation. These lists are used for peak bagging, whereby hillwalkers attempt ...
("Thirty and upwards Metre Prominence").
It is a limestone outcrop known as a Roachstone with the underlying Tealby Clays having been eroded at a faster rate.
The
Viking Way long-distance footpath runs along the western flank of the hill, though there is no public access to the summit itself.
On the summit is a possible
Neolithic long barrow, though this is disputed.
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See also
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Viking Way
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Belchford
Belchford is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated approximately north of Horncastle and just to the east of the A153. At the 2011 Census, the population of the parish was ...
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Lincolnshire Wolds
References
Hills of Lincolnshire