Table Hill

For other hills with flat tops, see Table hill. For the hill on Cod Island, see Table Hill, Cod Island.

Table Hill is situated in the range of Malvern Hills that runs about 13 kilometres (8 mi) north-south along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border. It lies between North Hill and Sugarloaf Hill and has an elevation of 373 metres (1,224 ft).^[1]

Table Hill
Quarry on Table Hill
Highest point
Elevation	373 m (1,224 ft)[1]
Prominence	c. 337 metres (1,106 ft)
Parent peak	Worcestershire Beacon
Coordinates	52.1155°N 2.3421°W / 52.1155; -2.3421
Geography
Location	Malvern Hills, England
Topo map	OS Landranger 150
Geology
Rock age	Pre-Cambrian
Mountain type(s)	Igneous, Metamorphic
Climbing
Easiest route	Hiking

History

Although the flint route from North Wales to Wessex lay to the north of Malvern, there is some evidence to suggest that traders passed over the Malvern Hills. Parts of an arrowhead, a scraper and flint flakes have been discovered between North Hill and Table Hill. A 19th-century guidebook describes a collapsed burial mound on North Hill, named the Giant's Grave, and a tump on Table Hill. These tumuli may have been connected to the Dobunni settlement in Mathon:^[2]

Upon the Table Hill, you will perceive the figure of a large table, from which the name is derived. In the centre is a cross, of the same size as that by the Giant's Grave, upon North Hill.^[3]

References

1. "Identification of key views to and from the Malvern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty A Report prepared by Cooper Partnership for The Malvern Hills AONB Partnership" (PDF). The Malvern Hills AONB Partnership. March 2009. p. Appendix Table L2: Assessment of Views from and within Malvern Hills AONB. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
2. Smith, B.S: 1978 A History of Malvern Allan Sutton and The Malvern Bookshop ISBN 0-904387-31-3
3. Southall, M: 1882 A Description of Malvern and its Concomitants