Swyre Head (Kingston)
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 Swyre Head (here in the background) offers a good view over the Isle of Purbeck English Channel coast |
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| height | 208 m | |
| location | Dorset , England | |
| Mountains | Purbeck Hills | |
| Dominance | 150 km → Lewesdon Hill | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 36 '21 " N , 2 ° 5' 40" W | |
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| rock | limestone | |
Swyre Head is the highest point of the Purbeck Hills and the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset , England .
It bears the same name as Swyre Head on the Jurassic Coast . The two Swyre Heads are about 18 kilometers apart.
location
The Swyre Head of the Purbeck Hills is about 2 kilometers southwest of the village of Kingston , about 5 kilometers south of Corfe Castle and Corfe Castle and 8 kilometers west of Swanage .
Swyre Head is set back about half a mile from the coast, off the South West Coast Path . However, it can be easily reached from the villages of Kingston and Kimmeridge .
At Swyre Head there is a trigonometric point 203 meters high, but a tumulus (burial mound), now completely green, forms the highest point at 208 meters above sea level.
geology
Swyre Head is made up of chalk and is part of the extensive southern English chalk formation .