- Brendon Hills
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Name = Brendon Hills
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Elevation = convert|1388|ft|m|0|lk=on
Location =Somerset ,England
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Pronunciation = The Brendon Hills are composed of a lofty ridge of hills in the west ofSomerset ,England . The terrain is broken by a series of deeply incised streams and rivers running roughly southwards to meet theRiver Haddeo , a tributary of theRiver Exe . [cite web |url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.001002003004002003002 |title=Brendon Hills NMP |accessdate=2007-11-23 |format= |work=English Heritage ]The hills are quite heavily cultivated unlike their neighbouring upland areas of
Exmoor and theQuantock Hills . Over the centuries they have been mined for minerals, notablyironstone from which iron is extracted for makingsteel . [cite web |url=http://www.everythingexmoor.org.uk/_B/Brendon_Hills.php |title=Brendon Hills |accessdate=2007-11-23 |format= |work=Everything Exmoor ] During the nineteenth century this activity reached a peak with theWest Somerset Mineral Railway , including an convert|800|ft|m|0|lk=on incline, being built to take the ore toWatchet from where it was sent toEbbw Vale forsmelting . The main mining operations ended when the mines were worked out towards the end of the 1800s.The hills merge level into the eastern side of Exmoor, and they are included within the
Exmoor National Park . The highest point on the hills is Lype Hill at convert|1388|ft|m|0 above sea level the range meets Exmoor.The highest point on the ridge itself is convert|1350|ft|m|0. Both points are marked byOrdnance Survey trig point s and are located within enclosed farmland.The hills are on the route of the
Coleridge Way .References
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