Bardon Hill
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Bardon Hill on the Horizon from Appleby Parva, over 10 miles away.
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 278 m (912 ft) |
| Prominence | c. 170 m |
| Listing | Marilyn, County Top |
| Coordinates | 52°42′49″N 1°19′19″W / 52.71362°N 1.32199°WCoordinates: 52°42′49″N 1°19′19″W / 52.71362°N 1.32199°W |
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 Bardon Hill
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| Location | The National Forest/Charnwood Forest, England |
| OS grid | SK459131 |
| Topo map | OS Landranger 129 |
Bardon Hill is a hill, and former volcano, in the civil parish of Bardon (where the population is included) near Coalville, Leicestershire, England. It the highest point in Leicestershire and the National Forest, 912 feet (278 m) above sea level, and is visible for miles around. The hill has two distinct faces: The east is protected as a site of special scientific interest (SSSI); the west is scarred, and partially removed, by the Bardon Hill Quarry. At its summit is a trigonometrical point, and a radio mast. The second highest hill in Leicestershire is the nearby Beacon Hill.
"Bardon" or "Bardon Hill" was also the name of a village south-west of the actual hill. Most of the village has been demolished but the toponym "Bardon Hill" remains in use as the postal address of the remaining local properties.
The Hill is the remains of an extinct volcano. It sits directly upon an old fault-line known as the Thringstone Fault, which originates in Derbyshire and stretches to Germany, and which is responsible for a number of former volcanoes in the Leicestershire area.
The volcano is described as being similar to that of the Soufrière Hills, a Stratovolcano on the British island of Montserrat in the Caribbean. The hill and surrounding land is formed of a mixture of igneous and volcanic rocks formed in the precambrian age (600 million years old); the surrounding areas are overlaid with a mixture of boulder clay and Mercia mudstone.
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