Watts Hill
{{short description|Hill in Dorset, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Watts Hill
| photo = Watts Hill - geograph.org.uk - 1180197.jpg
| photo_caption = View across Watts Hill, close to the C12, with Whitcombe Bottom just beyond.
| elevation_m = 262
| elevation_ref = [http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/prominence.html Summit Listings by Relative Height] collated by Jonathan de Ferranti. Accessed on 30 Mar 2013.
| prominence_m = 69
| parent_peak = Lewesdon Hill
| listing =
| location = Dorset, England
| range = Dorset Downs
| coordinates = {{coord|50.8317|-2.4648|type:landmark_dim:5000_region:GB|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| grid_ref_UK = ST673036
| topo = OS Landranger 194
Explorer No. 117
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Watts Hill is a hill in the Dorset Downs and one of the highest in the county of Dorset, England. The height of the summit is variously recorded as 261 metresOrdnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger series, No. 194 or 262 metres.
Location
Watts Hill lies about 1½ miles north of Cerne Abbas above the village of Minterne Parva, and about 12 kilometres north of Dorchester, the county town. It is the highest point on a north-south ridge, on the southern spur of which is the Cerne Abbas Giant, an old landmark whose origin is unclear. A mile to the northwest is Dogbury Hill and, on the far side of the A352 is Telegraph Hill and High Stoy, a popular filming location.
History
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