Dragon Hill

E767686

Dragon Hill is a small, flat-topped chalk mound in Oxfordshire, England, steeped in legend—particularly the tale that it is where Saint George slew the dragon.

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Label Occurrences
Dragon Hill canonical 6

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
hill ⓘ
access public footpath ⓘ
associatedWith Christian legend ⓘ
English folklore ⓘ
Saint George ⓘ
dragon-slaying legend ⓘ
country England ⓘ
culturalSignificance linked to the legend of England’s patron saint ⓘ
elevation approximately 140 metres above sea level ⓘ
environment chalk grassland surroundings ⓘ
geologicalComposition chalk ⓘ
hasEtymology name derived from dragon legend ⓘ
hasFeature bare patch of chalk on summit ⓘ
hasLegend site where Saint George slew the dragon ⓘ
hasMyth grass never grows where the dragon’s blood fell ⓘ
hasShape roughly rectangular summit ⓘ
hasViewOf Berkshire Downs ⓘ
Ridgeway National Trail ⓘ
heritageDesignation Scheduled Monument ⓘ
landformType chalk downland feature ⓘ
locatedIn Oxfordshire ⓘ
Uffington civil parish ⓘ
linked to: Uffington

Vale of White Horse ⓘ
locatedNear Uffington Castle ⓘ
Uffington White Horse ⓘ
managedBy National Trust ⓘ
near The Ridgeway ⓘ
White Horse Hill ⓘ
nearbySettlement Uffington ⓘ
Wantage ⓘ
overlooks Uffington White Horse ⓘ
Vale of White Horse ⓘ
ownership National Trust ⓘ
partOf North Wessex Downs ⓘ
protectedArea North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ⓘ
linked to: North Wessex Downs
region South East England ⓘ
religiousAssociation patron saint of England ⓘ
timePeriodOfLegend medieval period (attribution of St George legend) ⓘ
topographicFeature flat-topped mound ⓘ
tourismCategory folklore-related site ⓘ
heritage tourism site ⓘ
usedFor recreation ⓘ
sightseeing ⓘ
walking ⓘ

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