Elevation of some places in the Isle of Wight, and the County of Dorset.
| By the Barometer, Height above the level of the sea | From the trigonometrical Survey. | |
| HAMPSHIRE. | ||
| Isle of Wight | Feet | |
| Niton, S.S.W | 275 | |
| St. Catherine's Sea-Mark, or Signal-house | 750 | |
| Alum Chalybeate Spring, below St. Catherine's, S.S.W. Coast | 130 | |
| Shanklin-Hill, S.S.E. the chalk begins to crop out at Steep-hill | 769 | |
| Bembridge Down, E.S.E | 400 from Sir H. Englefield. Vide. vol vi. of the Linn. Trans. | |
| Motteston or Mottiston Downs W.S.W. | 698 | |
| High-Down, signal-house | 430 | |
| High-Dow, Light-house | 379 | |
| The furthest and most western part of High Down above the Needles | 189 | |
| DORSETSHIRE | ||
| Isle of Purbeck | ||
| A hillock on Poole heayh, half a mille W. by S. of the town of Poole; and S.W. by S. of branksea Castle | 102 | |
| Nine barrow Down W. of Studland | 625 | 642, reckoning the level of the sea from low-water mark. Vide Maton's Obs. on the West Count. vol i. p. 18. |
| Corfe-Castle (village) Ship-inn | 105 | |
| The hill on which Corfe castle stands | 207 | |
| Challer hill, E. of Corfe castle hummock | 390 | |
| Norden hill, W. of Corfe-castle hummock | 369 | |
| St. Adhelm's, St. Alban's or St. Haldham's head | 669 | |
| Swyer hill (top) W.N.W. of Encombe | 669 | |
| Isle of Portland | ||
| Signal-house, a little to the N.N.E. of the village of Chesil | 458 | |
| Southwell (village) S.S.W. of the island | 99 | |
| Southern Light-house | 64 | |
