Babylon Hill
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Babylon Hill in Dorset
is a 2.2 hectare
geological Site of Special Scientific Interest designated in 1977.
It was also the site of a minor skirmish, the Battle of Babylon Hill, during the English Civil War
, which resulted in the Earl of Bedford
's Roundheads forcing back Sir Ralph Hopton's Cavaliers to Sherborne
.
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
is a 2.2 hectare
Hectare
The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2...
geological Site of Special Scientific Interest designated in 1977.
It was also the site of a minor skirmish, the Battle of Babylon Hill, during the English Civil War
English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists...
, which resulted in the Earl of Bedford
Earl of Bedford
Earl of Bedford is a title that has been created three times in the Peerage of England. The first creation came in 1138 in favour Hugh de Beaumont. He appears to have been degraded from the title three or four years after its creation. However, the existence of the title altogether has been...
's Roundheads forcing back Sir Ralph Hopton's Cavaliers to Sherborne
Sherborne
Sherborne is a market town in northwest Dorset, England. It is sited on the River Yeo, on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, east of Yeovil. The A30 road, which connects London to Penzance, runs through the town. The population of the town is 9,350 . 27.1% of the population is aged 65 or...
.