 As with the Itchen, the upper Meon flows westwards along the fold trend, before swinging south to cut through the anticline.Beacon Hill at to the west of the Meon and Old Winchester Hill at to the east are remnants of the southward-dipping chalk on the southern side of the anticline.The anticline is somewhat domed, with the result that Old Winchester Hill is capped by older chalk than Beacon Hill despite being rather higher, whilst Wether Down and Butser Hill to the east are higher still.