Talk:Lyscombe Hill

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I think this article should be called Nettlecombe Tout, as that is the predominantly used name for this eminence, and Lyscombe Hill only refers to the southwest spur. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 21:34, 21 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I don't feel strongly about this, however, the reason I chose Lyscombe Hill is that it is a very commonly used name e.g.:

The online Database of British and Irish Hills - see Lyscombe Hill where it is listed as a HuMP
More Relative Hills of Britain by Mark Jackson (2009)
The Walking Club - OS Map of Lyscombe Hill
The Modern Antiquarian site - Lyscombe Hill
The Mountain Guide - Lyscombe Hill
Great British Hills - Lyscombe Hill
UK Mountains - Lyscombe Hill
Summitsbase - Lyscombe Hill
Ramblers - Henning Hill, Lyscombe Hill, Dorset Gap.
etc.

Nettlecombe Tout usually refers to the hill fort, as well as the "spur" on which it stands - e.g. see [1]. My proposal is we create that as a re-direct for now until there is enough info on the hill fort to turn it into a separate article. --Bermicourt (talk) 07:16, 22 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I understand your reasons for choosing this name, however my concern is that it is not the name which locals use, and it is not used on any of my paper maps. I cannot see the OS image used by the Walking Club ref which you list above, however on all my OS maps (four 1:50,000 maps, dated 1979, 1987, 1993 and 2010, and the 1:25,000 map dated 1984), the highest point of this eminence is not given an applied name at all; instead the spurs to the north, southwest, south and east are respectively named Nettlecombe Tout, Lyscombe Hill, Hog Hill and Nordon Hill. Also in 2 books I have which were written by residents of the county (including one resident who was a native, an agriculturist who was born and lived in Piddletrenthide less than 5km away), "Lyscombe Hill" is not mentioned at all, whereas Nettlecombe Tout is commented on by both as being a notable hill in the area. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 11:47, 22 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Check out the OS map at the Database of British and Irish Hills here. It shows Lyscombe Hill as the southwest spur, Nettlecombe Tout as the northern spur and "Bowdens" as the southeast spur. It is not clear which of these refers to the top of the hill. That aside, the common name in authoritative sources overrides what the locals call the hill. If you are able to track down such sources that confirm Nettlecombe Tout is the summit, and not a spur as other sources indicate. But all my research has the numerous sources calling the summit Lyscombe Hill. --Bermicourt (talk) 12:42, 22 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]