Lambert's Castle Hill (258 metres, 846 feet high) rises between the villages of

Marshwood Marshwood is a village and civil parish in west Dorset, England, situated on the northern edge of the Marshwood Vale approximately northeast of Lyme Regis. Dorset County Council estimate that the parish had a population of 310 in 2013. Figures ...

and Fishpond Bottom in the county of

Dorset Dorset ( ; Archaism, archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north and the north-east, Hampshire to the east, t ...

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. It is part of the South Dorset Downs and its prominence qualifies it as one of the so-called

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s. From the castle there are "spectacular views across the

Marshwood Vale The Marshwood Vale (or Vale of Marshwood) is a low-lying, bowl-shaped valley of Lower Lias clay, in the western tip of the county of Dorset in south-west England. It lies to the north of the A35 trunk road between the towns of Bridport and Lym ...

". Visible landmarks include:

Pilsdon Pen Pilsdon Pen is a 277-metre (909 ft) hill in Dorset in South West England, situated at the north end of the Marshwood Vale, approximately west of Beaminster. It is Dorset's second highest point and has panoramic views extending for many mi ...

and

Lewesdon Hill Lewesdon Hill is a hill near Broadwindsor in west Dorset, England. With a maximum elevation of , it is the highest point in Dorset. The hill is owned and managed by the National Trust and is part of the Dorset National Landscape. Geography Lew ...

(Dorset's

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) to the east,

Hardown Hill Hardown Hill (207 metres, 679 feet high) is a hill between Ryall and Morcombelake in the county of Dorset, England. It rises west of the South Dorset Downs, close to the Dorset coast, and overlooks the Marshwood Vale to the north. ...

, Langdon Hill and

Golden Cap Golden Cap is a hill and cliff situated on the English Channel coast between Bridport and Charmouth in Dorset, England. At , it is arguably the highest point near the south coast of Great Britain (although the highest point is set back some fr ...

to the south.''Lamberts Castle, Dorset: Walk of the week''
at www.telegraph.co.uk. Accessed on 22 Mar 2013. In his book, ''The Highways and Byways of Dorset'',

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writes ''"Lambert’s Castle is a fine ridge, terminating in a truculent headland distinguished by a clump of fir trees. The view from the summit is maintained by many to be the view of the county. From hence can be seen Portland, the sea breaking on the Chesil Beach, the Fleet, a long stretch of the Devon coast and far inland, the uplands of Wiltshire and Somerset."'' Treves, Sir Frederick (1935). ''The Highways and Byways in Dorset'', Macmillan, p. 284. The hill lies about 7 kilometres east of

Axminster Axminster is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish on the eastern border of the county of Devon in England. It is from the county town of Exeter. The town is built on a hill overlooking the River Axe, Devon, River Axe which ...

and 6 kilometres north of

Charmouth Charmouth is a village and civil parish in west Dorset, England. The village is situated on the mouth of the River Char, around north-east of Lyme Regis. Dorset County Council estimated that in 2013 the population of the civil parish was 1,31 ...

. The summit is 210 metres northeast of the

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. The hill is topped by an

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Lambert's Castle Lambert's Castle is an Iron Age hillfort in the county of Dorset in southwest England.

that is around 2,500 years old. The hilltop was used as a racecourse at some stage and was also the site of a fair for over 200 years.

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