Chaldon Hill

Chaldon Hill, also called Chaldon Down, is one of the highest hills,, on South Dorset's Jurassic Coast in England. The summit is about west of Durdle Door.
A bridleway crosses the hill just below the summit, whilst the South [West Coast Path] makes its way down the steep hillside to the beach heading for Durdle Door. At the summit is a tumulus and trig point. There are navigation beacons about to the southeast. The hill is flanked by two coastal headlands: White Nothe and Bat's Head.

History

There is abundant evidence of prehistoric settlement in the area: tumuli to the south-west and east, a field system and earthwork to the north-east and two named barrows to the east: Wardstone and Bush Barrows. There is evidence of another field system on the steep coastal hillside.